“Ride the City” Mapper Looks Useful, Easy to use
(Thanks to ” jnyyz” for bring this to my attention.)
To Compare I asked the Ride the City mapper to make a map from Dufferin and Bloor to Adelaide and Yonge:
The program took Harbord which I like, and then down St George to Beverley St – zigs at Queen over to York St down to Adelaide and to Yonge. Nice route.
- Can one make routes and save them?
- Can we import it into Biking Toronto?
I’m going back there and see what else it does.
http://www.ridethecity.com/toronto#
Michael Holloway
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Posted: March 11th, 2010
Author: michael holloway
Filed under: Uncategorized
Tags: Bike Route Mapping | 3 Comments »
One huge problem with the Ride The City site (in my opinion) is that it treats bikelanes as more important than convenient routes around the city.
I’ve tried a couple common start/stop combinations I’m familiar with and the “recommended”route takes a cyclist out of their way in order to use bikelanes.
1) established cyclists won’t find this useful – they want the most convenient and safe way to get somewhere – but safe is not useful if it adds a bunch of time to the trip, or sticks hills in your way.
2) beginning cyclists will find cycling more inconvenient because routes are longer than they have to be.
Thanks for the review.
I haven’t been back yet.
Is there away to add to the data base or is it all program no humans allowed? If that is what it is, I’m against it – it’s not a wiki – it’s top down or sideways or something. :]
Michael
I don’t see a way to add to it. They do give website owners a way to embed it into a website, so it’s possible to create a page for it that can be linked from the maps page.