Comments on: Google Maps adds cycling layer and routing

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:13:34 +0000

I like to use bikeroutetoaster for my cycling – it’s Garmin compatible!

By: Garret

Garret — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:27:33 +0000

HI Dan,
A few triathletes in the west of Ireland could do with something like this. But as of yet there is no cycling mapping facility for Ireland at all. I often just use http://www.mapmyrun.com to work out a route and distance before heading off on the bike. It’s good for both running and cycling.

By: cas

cas — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:48:22 +0000

I think this is very tricky. For my own area around Cornwall, there are designated routes, but they usually go up the steapest hills!!!!!!

Sometimes it is easier to go on the busier roads because the quality of road and incline is easier to manage.

Sustrans have paper maps, but they aren’t online yet, as I guess they make quite a lot of revenue from selling the maps.

Also, sometimes the sustrans ones are purely for holidaying rather than for commuting.

tricky, tricky.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:15:20 +0000

Thanks for this Andy, I wasn’t aware of cycleStreets until wherecampEU. It’s a good project and hopefulyl it will be able to make good use of the opencycle/openstreetmap data. It’s nto up there with Google at the moment though. I look forward to seeing how the cartography and the routing stacks up when/if google bring a cycling layer and/or routing to the UK.

By: Andy Allan

Andy Allan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:16:31 +0000

You might want to check out http://www.cyclestreets.net who do routing based on OSM data in the UK – probably a better comparison with Google Bike routing than OpenCycleMap itself.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:58:56 +0000

OpenStreetMap plus UK cycle routing is http://www.cyclestreets.net/ …