Insomnic Dreams

Google Maps now offers walking directions along with their driving directions. Just input your starting point and destination like usual and when the instructions are displayed you’ll see an option above the instructions for “Walking”.

The difference in instructions between the driving directions and walking directions is that you won’t be routed via one way streets or highways.

I can see this being very useful for mobile users in urban areas and I hope it gets better as it works its way out of beta – maybe offering walking trail or pass throughs as options instead of just roadways. Also would be nice if it avoided directions along roads that don’t have sidewalks.

There is a limitation that after a certain distance it assumes you will be driving and doesn’t offer the option for walking directions – so no walking directions from Chicago to San Francisco.

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