Timeline for App to find the shortest route with the least amount of climbs?
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| May 15, 2015 at 23:09 | comment | added | mattnz | Great start, and has to be targeted at an average person, but everyone is different - I am a strong climber and relatively weak on the flat, so do better on hills than my peers. Others hate hills and would double the distance to avoid a climb. In the end a route calculator would need to provide choices for the user to select from. | |
| May 15, 2015 at 21:18 | comment | added | digijim | Found this relatively thorough explanation of all the factors that go into determining the 'ideal' route: google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-time-to-bike.html Granted, it is 5 years old, but it's also posted by a Google engineer from the Directions team. | |
| May 15, 2015 at 21:07 | comment | added | PeteH | Interesting answer, I wasn't aware that Google published their "default" metrics (such as minimising climbs). Do you have any more info? | |
| May 15, 2015 at 18:50 | comment | added | digijim | Several possible alternatives may be listed here: bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/154/… | |
| May 15, 2015 at 18:44 | comment | added | dimit | I am in Greece and here i can't get bike directions with google maps. | |
| May 15, 2015 at 18:27 | history | answered | digijim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |