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How about excluding unpaved trails from bicycle directions? I've been screwed by that too many times. A gravel trail is not a bike route, for most bikes anyway.
the data quality is probably not there for this to be too reliable. a lot of bike trails/paths are just plain missing.
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Are you sure that's not Waze? Google Maps is deliberately a lot like the latter, even if both products are from the same company. Maybe there is something in the road network (e.g. a segment with bad information) along the route you are thinking of that results in what you describe.
i have never used waze. google prefers to minimize distance rather than minimizing route complexity (for some minimal distance or time cost). my wife and i have an ongoing joke that google takes you on the most "scenic" drives through the most obscure neighborhoods.
> “Today, our users aren’t just asking for the fastest route to a place but also what’s happening around them, what the new places are and what the locals are doing in their neighborhood,” Google VP for engineering and product management Jen Fitzpatrick noted in today’s keynote. Are users really asking for this? I only ever use Google Maps for driving directions. I like that I can type the name of a place and it find…
It's an awesome tool to discover things in a neighbourhood.
> “Today, our users aren’t just asking for the fastest route to a place but also what’s happening around them, what the new places are and what the locals are doing in their neighborhood,” Google VP for engineering and product management Jen Fitzpatrick noted in today’s keynote. Are users really asking for this? I only ever use Google Maps for driving directions. I like that I can type the name of a place and it find…
I've searched "Food near me" at least once a week this past semester. I wish I could do something like "tampon near me" to be able to find a business that sells tampons near me for example
idk about recommendations, but I've started using Google Maps more than Yelp for calling restaurants and sharing addresses with friends because Yelp takes way too long to boot up compared to Google Maps. Speed matters!
When I open it on a new, top shelf Android, it takes a few seconds to boot. And it boots directly into whatever I searched a few days ago. Then I have to click back, wait for it to not lag, back again, repeat. Then finally I can search. Most often I click back and close it...
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i have never used waze. google prefers to minimize distance rather than minimizing route complexity (for some minimal distance or time cost). my wife and i have an ongoing joke that google takes you on the most "scenic" drives through the most obscure neighborhoods.
Where in the world are you? If you think Maps has complex routes obsessed with shaving seconds, you should try Waze just for a day. :-)
Instead of turning left at an intersection with a light and dedicated turn lane, I find it will often suggest I turn left then right then left to skip the intersection. It always turns out worse.
> "Google will soon launch a new version of Google Maps that will give you more personalized recommendations" I've used enough of Google's products by now to know that the word "better" in this title is probably inaccurate. :)
I would prefer a faster bootup time and search field that doesn't lag for 3 seconds before bringing up the keyboard. Maybe it's because I'm using an iPhone 5S but it would still be nice.
>> Maybe it's because I'm using an iPhone 5S It's not.