09-18-2016, 12:09 PM
Google Maps is terribly inaccurate when it comes to trail conditions, the gravel/paved isn't reliable 9 times out of 10. But even if it was, there's no indication of crossing conditions, nor is paved/unpaved sufficient data to know if a trail is usable. I've seen some pretty cruddy paved trails, and generally unpaved could mean anything from 3 meter wide crushed stone hard pack trail all the way to barely single track, washed out half the time etc.
But I don't blame Google. City/region maps are equally terrible. The new region bike map has equally poor information, and I'm pretty sure has trails marked which don't exist in any form.
There is definitely a challenge in mapping, but there's also a challenge in simply setting standard for trails. Of course, it doesn't help when some people don't even agree that paving is a good thing.
But I don't blame Google. City/region maps are equally terrible. The new region bike map has equally poor information, and I'm pretty sure has trails marked which don't exist in any form.
There is definitely a challenge in mapping, but there's also a challenge in simply setting standard for trails. Of course, it doesn't help when some people don't even agree that paving is a good thing.