OpenStreetMap
Google to extent street view to footpaths in the UK using pedal trikes
Vum daveemtb matgedeelt de(n) 18. Mee 2009 op English.http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49302292-1,00.htm
This begs the question - since when were you allowed to cycle on footpaths in the UK?!
I can forsee angry mobs with pitchforks already... and there's no car to hide in!
Diskussioun
Bemierkung vum andrewpmk de(n) 18. Mee 2009 um 12:32 Auer
Presumably they mean cycleways?
Bemierkung vum Harry Wood de(n) 18. Mee 2009 um 12:43 Auer
I guess this means they'll be adding some footways to their actual maps too. Can't believe they'd throw enough manpower at the problem to achieve a decent level of coverage though.
Bemierkung vum Richard de(n) 18. Mee 2009 um 20:08 Auer
It's just a PR gimmick (cynic, moi?) aimed at getting some pretty views in there - "honeypots" as they're called in the tourist trade.
The story says that they'll be using it for "castles, coastal paths, natural wonders, historic buildings [or] monuments and stadiums". Coastal paths are a non-starter - I'd like to see the Google trike on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. No, really, I would. I wouldn't want to be the one who called the Coastguard after it fell off the cliff edge though.
The rest (except for "natural wonders", which could mean anything) are all private property. So access for trikes is entirely at the say-so of the landowner - who will be no doubt delighted with the publicity!
Bemierkung vum daveemtb de(n) 18. Mee 2009 um 20:42 Auer
Let's all vote for the coastal paths for a laugh, eh? ;)