Hiking in France with Google Maps

Randonee dans l'Ain is a really nicely designed website promoting hiking, horse riding and bike trails in Ain, an area of the region Rhône-Alpes in France.Each of the trails can be viewed on Google Maps. The route of each selected trail is displayed on the map and you can select to view restaurants, activities, photos and accommodation along and near the trail. Each trail also comes with an

Copenhagen Bike Parking on Google Maps

Anyone who has ever visited Copenhagen won't be in any doubt about how much its inhabitants like to cycle. It is said that at least 36% of all Copenhagen citizens commute to work, school or university by bicycle.The city council of Copenhagen has released open data showing all of the bike parking locations in the city. Soren of microformats.dk imported the data into Fusion Tables and, in less

Running & Cycling Apps with Google Maps

Afstand MetenDutch website Afstand Meten allows joggers and cyclists to create and save routes using Google Maps. The app is available on the desktop and for the Android market and iPhones.Using Afstand Meten users can create new tracks or search for tracks created by other users. When searching for saved tracks you can refine the search by the 'most viewed', the 'shortest distances' or 'the

Tracking Bike Accidents with Google Maps

San Francisco Bike Accident Tracker 2.0The Bay Citizen has improved their Google Map of bike accidents in the Bay Area. The map now includes five years of bike accident statistics for the whole Bay Area.Cyclists can use the map to find out where accident hot-spots are located. It is also possible to filter the data shown on the map by date, road conditions and accident type.As well as displaying

San Francisco Bike Routes on Google Maps

San Francisco BikeMapperThe San Francisco BikeMapper uses Google Maps to provide biking directions using all existing Class I, II and III bike routes in San Francisco, southern Marin County and northern San Mateo County.Using the BikeMapper it is possible to find the best bike route for your trip with turn-by-turn directions. To get directions you just need to enter your starting point and

Brazilian Bike Routes on Google Maps

En Vou de BikeEn Vou de Bike is a Brazilian bike route generator with some nice features. En Vou de Bike uses Google Maps to provide bike directions. To add a starting point to the map you can just drag the green bike icon onto the map. To add your destination you can drag the red 'pare' icon to the location you wish to end up. Your route is then calculated and displayed on the map and the