SFBC Google Bike Map
I put together that test I talked about here, and it didn’t work out so great - notice how the image is a bit fuzzy. You can see how it looks and performs here.
The problem is, I don’t believe there’s any way to improve the quality of the image/viewing through this technology solution. The details of why I believe that to be the case are boring and probably beyond my ability to explain it, anyway. I mean, you could probably build some gigantic kluge that would look great and work really well, but that could be a lot of work.
I do like the way this thing performs, though - it’s quick. It’s at least an order of magnitude (10 times) more responsive than the regular PDF map, and I even tried viewing the PDF map on a more-powerful desktop computer and got the same type of performance - sluggish. That’s not going to help get people on bikes.
I’d be curious what it’s possible to accomplish with annotating Google Maps and OpenCycleMaps.
…Just a shout-out to the Bike Pittsburgh crew for attempting the Goolge Maps-based bicycle map. I can’t say I’m a big fan, but it’s the right idea - try things out, see what you like, etc.
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December 15th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Check out the SF bike route map:
http://amarpai.com/bikemap/bikemap.html
I know its bare bones but it works.