Nimble Books LLC » pedestrians http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress Timely, colorful, thought-provoking and concise Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Google Takes One Giant Step for Man http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2008/07/google-takes-one-giant-step-for-man/ http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2008/07/google-takes-one-giant-step-for-man/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:56:13 +0000 admin http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2008/07/22/google-takes-one-giant-step-for-man/ Right on! One of my favorite things to do in a new city is to go for a long morning walk of exploration.

Google LatLong: Pound the pavement

Starting today, you can tell Google Maps that you want walking directions, and we’ll try to find you a route that’s direct, flat, and uses pedestrian pathways when we know about them. Just get directions as you normally would. If you’re going 10 km or less (some call this 6.2 miles), we’ll show you a link that you can click to get “Walking” directions:

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