This may have been posted before: it's brilliant. Drop a pin on the map and it shows how far you can get by bike in 5 minutes.
http://map.bikecitizens.net/gb-edinburgh#/!/2/1/55.95182,-3.19685/*,5
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Infrastructure
5 minutes by bike
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Posted 7 years ago #
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Thats cool, I can cover most of the city in half an hour. I knew that but represented in that manner is much funkier.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Hmm, not working for me. It does the route finding but doesn't show anything if I just mark my house with a pin.
Posted 7 years ago # -
@dougal, click the 'more' link then change the routing mode to "5 minutes by bike"
Posted 7 years ago # -
Leave the bike type as "city" otherwise it seems to create little islands of unreachability in the middle of the New Town, presumably where the cobbledyness prevents road bikes from moving.
Posted 7 years ago # -
@cb Ah thanks! I read the "5-minutes-by-bike" as meaning that was the already-enabled functionality rather than a further option.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Previous discussion here:
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15162 (inc. input from the site owner)
Posted 7 years ago # -
I like it!
Posted 7 years ago # -
Having a play with this site - I like it too.
Based on many years experience (of Edinburgh) I'd say the 5/10/15 minute results are uncannily accurate.
Not so hot on the point-to-point routing though. There seems to be an inherent preference for off-road routes, even when 'fast' and 'road bike' are selected.
Posted 7 years ago # -
There seems to be an inherent preference for off-road routes, even when 'fast' and 'road bike' are selected
I find that cyclestreets does the opposite - too frequently it routes you along roads, where slightly longer (and much nicer) off-road routes are available.
Maybe some compromise between the two sites on the weighting of off-road routes would be ideal?
Posted 7 years ago # -
edd1e_h and Arellcat have a look at the routing on cycle.travel
Posted 7 years ago # -
If you choose "cycle" as an option on Googolplex maps directions, it usually sends you onto off-road paths. You can drag way mark points though if you prefer a bit of quiet on-road or busy A road instead.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Neat. Apparently I cycle at a 'balanced' speed. Watch out for all of those pins that people are dropping everywhere.
Posted 7 years ago #
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