Punctuating The Silence » directions http://www.a440.org/steve/blog Random bits of Steve's mind, sparsely uploaded. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:07:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Perfect Timing: Google Releases Walking Directions in Maps http://www.a440.org/steve/blog/2008/07/perfect-timing-google-releases-walking-directions-in-maps/ http://www.a440.org/steve/blog/2008/07/perfect-timing-google-releases-walking-directions-in-maps/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:38:00 +0000 Steve http://www.a440.org/steve/blog/?p=96 It’s beta (of course!), but Google has just announced walking directions as an option on Google Maps.  Great timing: I’m in Portland, OR for OSCON 2008, and just yesterday I was wishing I could get walking directions to a restaurant, and today I have it!  Well done, Google!

By the way, the warning message is great: “Walking directions are in beta. Use caution when walking in unfamiliar areas.”

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