RT @chazhutton@twitter.com
My god, never realised how rubbish Google Maps is once you compare it to Open Street Map. Completely forgot how a good map is supposed to look and work. Here’s a compare and contrast for anyone not familiar.
(Shout out to @freyfogle@twitter.com for getting me onto it)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/chazhutton/status/1534257167393505286
@amapanda Wait until you learn about the difference in bike routing quality! As it turns out, a whole lot of bike paths/crossings/etc. just straight-up do not exist in Google Maps, because their AI magic can't see them due to tree cover, and no Streetview car would drive over bike paths, of course... this leads to sometimes absurdly better routes with OSM-based routers than with GMaps.
@amapanda Neat! It's definitely not perfect (red line is what it *should* have routed through for the optimal cycling route), but definitely much better than most generic routers :)
@joepie91 sounds like you should talk to RichardF to suggest changes
@joepie91 cycle.travel FTW