To be honest, I find Google Maps pretty poor for cycling even in Australia. For some of the same reasons they're bad in the Netherlands. A high tendency to send you on busier roads (though here that means actually dangerous, rather than just a bit uncomfortable and noisy), and not really understanding the difference between an on-road bike lane, a dedicated bike path, and a quieter bike-friendly street.
My go-to is Ride With GPS. It gives you the ability to do manual routing if you want it, and frankly I usually do use that, but its defaults are a lot better than Google.
Yeah I've used them as well and the automatic routing is not so good. I can put 2 points 3 feet from each other and it will route them around a 2 mile detour randomly.
I can put 2 points 3 feet from each other and it will route them around a 2 mile detour randomly
I had that happen to me with Google Maps walking directions recently. I worked out pretty confidently that the reason was because Google thought it was a one-way path, because the detour would stop happening if I swapped the start and end locations.
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Zagorath@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 202d
To be honest, I find Google Maps pretty poor for cycling even in Australia. For some of the same reasons they're bad in the Netherlands. A high tendency to send you on busier roads (though here that means actually dangerous, rather than just a bit uncomfortable and noisy), and not really understanding the difference between an on-road bike lane, a dedicated bike path, and a quieter bike-friendly street.
artyom@piefed.social · 3 pts · 201d
I haven't found anything that doesn't require lots of manual routing.
Zagorath@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 200d
My go-to is Ride With GPS. It gives you the ability to do manual routing if you want it, and frankly I usually do use that, but its defaults are a lot better than Google.
artyom@piefed.social · 2 pts · 200d
Yeah I've used them as well and the automatic routing is not so good. I can put 2 points 3 feet from each other and it will route them around a 2 mile detour randomly.
I use my self-hosted Wanderer now.
Zagorath@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 200d
I had that happen to me with Google Maps walking directions recently. I worked out pretty confidently that the reason was because Google thought it was a one-way path, because the detour would stop happening if I swapped the start and end locations.
artyom@piefed.social · 2 pts · 200d
Is there even such a thing as a 1-way walking path?
ctjacobs@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 201d
I was born in Amsterdam and even I got lost there near Bijlmerplein with Google Maps.
mjr@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 200d
Now also on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csHdwHTteOw
Leeks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
How well does Citymapper work in Amsterdam?