So over the past week I've rolled out some great improvements to HTTP://WWW.ridefreebikemaps.com. I've added a way for users to add routes to the database; I made a short script to display those routes with their name and description in a way that Google can index; and I wrote in an option which lets users create routes outside of the USA. Awesome!
So over the past week I've rolled out some great improvements to HTTP://WWW.ridefreebikemaps.com. I've added a way for users to add routes to the database; I made a short script to display those routes with their name and description in a way that Google can index; and I wrote in an option which lets users create routes outside of the USA. Awesome!
So a couple weeks ago Google announced that they added a 'bike there' option to Google Maps. The next day they added the same thing to their API so web developers could use the directions in their apps. I was super thrilled when I heard the news and got to work as soon as I could on adding the directions to my app. It took me so long to make the switch because Google added the new directions to the V3 of the Google Maps API and my app was written in V2.
So a couple weeks ago Google announced that they added a 'bike there' option to Google Maps. The next day they added the same thing to their API so web developers could use the directions in their apps. I was super thrilled when I heard the news and got to work as soon as I could on adding the directions to my app. It took me so long to make the switch because Google added the new directions to the V3 of the Google Maps API and my app was written in V2.
Today Google officially announced the addition of a 'bike there' option for getting directions in Google Maps. This story has been covered by a few other blogs: