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New Walk Score “Apartment Search” feature helps people find convenient places to live

Walk Score recently announced Apartment Search.  Apartment Search is a terrifically useful new feature that helps people find a convenient place to live according to where and how they commute. Here’s how it works (from the Walk Score blog): To … Continue reading

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Biking directions added to Google Maps

Google added biking directions to maps.google.com on Wednesday.  The route planner considers bicycle facilities, topography, intersection quality, and traffic to plan directions.  Detailed bicycle infrastructure information (bike lanes, boulevards, etc.) is available for about 150 cities in the U.S.  I … Continue reading

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New York Times: “Everyman Offers New Directions in Online Maps”

I’m two weeks late now blogging on the NYT article from Nov 16 on crowdsourcing maps, “Everyman Offers New Directions in Online Maps”. Open Street Map has enabled users to make near-instant edits to map data, wiki-style, for some time … Continue reading

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