Google Maps Adds Walking Directions
23 July 2008 - 2:00pm
Google announces walking directions feature for Google Maps.
"Starting today, you can tell Google Maps that you want walking directions, and we'll try to find you a route that's direct, flat, and uses pedestrian pathways when we know about them. Just get directions as you normally would. If you're going 10 km or less (some call this 6.2 miles), we'll show you a link that you can click to get 'Walking' directions"
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