Post #393041
2023-04-08 02:16 UTC
I used to trust #GoogleMaps cycling routes near me, but two things have happened.
One I understand: I added every cycleway I could find to #OpenStreetMap
The other, I don't. For reasons that are opaque to me, Google's cycle routing has gotten so much worse.
Case in point: a route for tomorrow. Using OSM (Valhalla) routing, it suggests more or less the precise route I imagined. Google, though? Even forcing the route onto known cycleways, it keeps diverting off the cycleways and onto bad roads.
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@jcarlson@mapstodon.space 2023-04-09 02:16
Oh! I turned on Google's "bike" layer, and HUGE sections of bike paths are just straight up missing now, paths that have been around for years and some which I used today. And it's highlighting "bicycle-friendly roads" that would definitely be dangerous to be on. Cyclists beware! Find another router! Or, you know, have a good working knowledge of your area.