Comments on: Google Maps’ Latest Feature: Walking Directions http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-latest-feature-walking-directions/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:29:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-latest-feature-walking-directions/comment-page-1/#comment-140504 Ashley Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:55:43 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13633#comment-140504 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-140485" rel="nofollow">anon wrote:</a><blockquote>Meaning there are criminal gangs there who can shoot you if you go there? :o</blockquote></div> It's not that it's automatically going to happen if you venture in to a certain area of a city, it's just that it's not as safe as other areas. anon wrote:
Meaning there are criminal gangs there who can shoot you if you go there? :o

It’s not that it’s automatically going to happen if you venture in to a certain area of a city, it’s just that it’s not as safe as other areas.

]]> By: anon http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-latest-feature-walking-directions/comment-page-1/#comment-140485 anon Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:52:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13633#comment-140485 Meaning there are criminal gangs there who can shoot you if you go there? :o Meaning there are criminal gangs there who can shoot you if you go there? :o

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-latest-feature-walking-directions/comment-page-1/#comment-140477 Change Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:07:18 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13633#comment-140477 Ooh yes, indeed also for cyclists! Hope they read this blog ;) Ooh yes, indeed also for cyclists! Hope they read this blog ;)

]]> By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-latest-feature-walking-directions/comment-page-1/#comment-140470 Ashley Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:03:10 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13633#comment-140470 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-140420" rel="nofollow">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>This is pretty nice. During a conference we had to walk a route plotted over highways :) Would be even better if they will also start offering these routes for hikers/hikers’ paths!</blockquote></div> And maybe bikers too? (pedal bikes, not motorcycles) <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-140437" rel="nofollow">anon wrote:</a><blockquote>Pardon my ignorance but I’m not in the US. What are bad areas of town?</blockquote></div> Not all towns or cities have bad areas, but Chicago, for example, has a few areas that some would consider un-safe. In Chicago it's the "southside" where there is a lot of crime and gangs. Change wrote:
This is pretty nice. During a conference we had to walk a route plotted over highways :) Would be even better if they will also start offering these routes for hikers/hikers’ paths!

And maybe bikers too? (pedal bikes, not motorcycles)

anon wrote:
Pardon my ignorance but I’m not in the US. What are bad areas of town?

Not all towns or cities have bad areas, but Chicago, for example, has a few areas that some would consider un-safe. In Chicago it’s the “southside” where there is a lot of crime and gangs.

]]> By: anon http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-latest-feature-walking-directions/comment-page-1/#comment-140437 anon Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:22:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13633#comment-140437 Pardon my ignorance but I'm not in the US. What are bad areas of town? Pardon my ignorance but I’m not in the US. What are bad areas of town?

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/google-maps-latest-feature-walking-directions/comment-page-1/#comment-140420 Change Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:36:03 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13633#comment-140420 This is pretty nice. During a conference we had to walk a route plotted over highways :P Of course we found a better route for walking, but it would have been nice if Google could have kept in mind that we had to walk :) Would be even better if they will also start offering these routes for hikers/hikers' paths! This is pretty nice. During a conference we had to walk a route plotted over highways :P Of course we found a better route for walking, but it would have been nice if Google could have kept in mind that we had to walk :) Would be even better if they will also start offering these routes for hikers/hikers’ paths!

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