Tag Archives: GIS

Mapping out and back loop rides

November 13, 2012 – 12:30 pm

Last night, Dr Ian Walker asked this question via Twitter.

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Walk Score publishes Bike Score

May 14, 2012 – 9:39 am
United States Bike Score Top 10 cities

The folks behind Walk Score have applied their numerical methodology to the “bike friendliness” of several U.S. and Canadian cities to rank them with “Bike Score.”

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MapQuest adds worldwide bike directions

March 4, 2011 – 7:00 am

MapQuest adds a bicycle option to the “Open” version of their online directions service.

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OSM bike path tutorial

January 13, 2011 – 3:03 pm
Wellington Waterfront Cyclepath not connected

MapQuest’s bike routing API uses OpenStreetMap data to preferentially route cyclists on bike facilities. It works well when the data is complete and connected, but fails completely when the data isn’t there. This tutorial shows how you can help complete the data.

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Google bike layer worldwide

January 4, 2011 – 1:17 pm
Google Maps bicycle layer Santa Cruz

Google Maps bicycle layer is available world wide. Sometimes you can even route using it.

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Bike parking heat map

December 17, 2010 – 12:26 pm
Heat map compares density of bike parking facilities around the world

Cycling Parking Heat Map enables visual comparison of bike parking density around the world.

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