It says "Make a U-turn" on my directions.

*pffft* . . . teehee . . .

RP747

crud!..there goes my real estate value..." we loved the house, but we noticed there was a google neighborhood warning so...."

ravedown

Pretty cool. I hope they implement this worldwide for when I travel. This might just help convince me to get an IPhone.

Digo

@atuck: Hopstop is totally the way to do it. They even factor in train delays and construction now. Plus they had street view way before google, but it looks like google's mapped out all of queens and bk now too. Now I can just look at the berg, so that I can pretend to be hip without ever having to go!

capitalass

Mass transit and walking in more tolerable weather FTW. Nuts to you short-distance urban motorists. Your fume-pumping shenanigans earns ye a stubborn pedestrian that thwarts your sneaky red light corner crawling.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

@92BuickLeSabre: True, true. Amended, because it's dumb in some college towns too.

matt buchanan

@Griffehpoo: I think that makes sense.

92BuickLeSabre

Cars in Manhattan are in a completely different universe from pedestrians. Sometimes.. those universes collide with the "bike messenger" universe. And you get a hammer through your hood. Saw it happen. Coolest thing ever.

N@tedog

@92BuickLeSabre: I think it's more of a warning that, being their software is still in the beta stage, it could mistakenly route you into a construction area, or area without sidewalks, or off a cliff, or into a pit of fire. Or snakes. Y'know?

Griffehpoo

I'm waiting for a Hop Stop app.

atuck

okay. What I really want on the iPhone add is the addition of the city transport. Google
Maps partnered with CTA in Chicago to get transit directions on GMaps and I'm sure Google has done it with other cities too.

It just irks me they can't add that to GMaps on the iPhone.

MadColombian

@92FakeThomasJefferson: If you drive a car in NYC, you're dumb or have a TLC license or you live with the majority of New Yorkers in The Bronx, Queens, the outer half of Brooklyn, or Staten Island.

Forgot half of my point...yo!

92BuickLeSabre

If you drive a car in NYC, you're dumb or have a TLC license.

Don't sleep on the cabbies yo!

And does it only say use caution in "dicey" areas, or is there a general warning about being cautious in unfamiliar areas? Cause I've got issues if Google is going to go around defining "bad" neighborhoods for me, but using caution in unfamiliar areas generally is just good sense.

92BuickLeSabre

@Chromeo is typing this...

You forgot to mention potentially being run over by the i-Drive Trolley. If all that doesn't catch up with you, there's death from dehydration.

nizz

37 days from my house to california!

thedommer

Pssh...try walking ANYWHERE in Orlando...

You'll get mauled to death by wildcats or alligators before you make it to your destination.

Chromeo is typing this on his iPhone 3G

I pulled into Compton once cause I was running out of gas. I don't know if it was my blond hair and glowing white skin but I had a gun flashed at me in moments. It didn't use to be so bad, i mean my father lived there back in the 60's (Military Family) but it ain't so nice anymore. Anyhow, yeah, putting warnings on regular google maps would be nice too, for us airheads.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@MadColombian: I live in Ann Arbor and Google Maps has a 'Public Transit' link right in between 'By Car' and 'Walking.' We're a pretty small town but they still have it linked into the bus system here, although it might just be because Google has an office in Ann Arbor.

BlockM

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Further calculation say it was the late 50's.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

does it still follow the same streets as cars do? or does it include side streets just for walking as well.. for example in sweden we have streets that only bikers/walkers can go on that reduce your distance. or maybe it doesn't work internationally?

mariathephan

They should have a biking option as well. (bike paths and such)

tameanaka

...except for Oakland, of course. Then again, I do have a job interview there tomorrow. In the day, when it's far less scary.

geedots

Hello, lawsuits. What makes a bad 'hood is pretty subjective...

geedots

I'll be more excited when it gives me routes that include the labyrinth of paths in the woods around my neighborhood instead of just following roads. All it's really doing is giving a different time estimate.

thebigcheese

Wow. That's awesome. Not ready to switch from Live Maps yet, but walking direction sounds great. Not so sure about the bad neighborhood caution thing.

Hopefully, this'll get the Live Maps team to release their own public transit and walking directions feature.

quikboy

MapQuest has had this function for a while now. I used it a couple of weeks ago to walk to my Aunts house.(I was too cheap to pay the $1 bus fare and it was a great day out)

spimoles

you guys never been to Rio or to São Paulo have you? talk about bad neighbourhoods ...

Ariel_Wollinger

Wheres my option for it to route me only through the bad neighborhoods? Cops always beatin up on me.

aeroworks

Dodging cars on the BQE is a bitch! They're trying to dodge you as much as you're trying to dodge them and cut you off.

@92BuickLeSabre: If you have a TLC license, the cabi's don't care, they'll hit you anyway, or sideswipe you. Especially if they're coming off or going on the Triboro or 59th st bridge. They think they own the road!

Also, if you're a New Yorker and don't know your way around your own area or don't have the cojones to ask someone on the street where to go, then this would be a good option.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

shouldn't you use caution when driving in unfamiliar areas too?

mpeluffo

@mariathephan:
In SF there are stairways in hilly areas that pedestrians can use - not intended for motor vehicles, though I'm sure that doesn't stop some people from trying.

Come to think of it I'm not sure it the stairways show up on Google maps. The last time I tried to use GM to find one in a hilly area - lol! - AT&T --> zero bars as in NO SERVICE. I guess those folks in that expensive area have to do without.

propertius

I can't wait till they add traffic-like functions:

"Estimated time to destination: Twenty Five Minutes. Checking route for muggings....."

"Warning: Smack dealer infested corner in..Two Blocks. Touch the alert symbol to divert around"

m4ximusprim3

What the heck do they consider a "bad area"? I just mapped a walk through some parts of town I KNOW better than to go to, and no warning. My home town is mostly very safe, but there are some spots where the gangs out gun the cops and have regular events. But no warning. Oh well.

Oh, and by 'no warning', there is a generic note at the top that says to be careful in unfamiliar areas. That note doesn't count since it was there even in areas I know (as well do the community, county, police, etc) are extremely safe.

hnkelley

Interesting concept, integrating wireless internet with GPS might prove to be the application of the future. Location based services are on the rise, with Loopt and others.

But this is only the beginning, here is an analysis of the future of GPS services: [tinyurl.com]

TechMeister

@92BuickLeSabre: The whole "Bad Neighborhood" idea is a a really bad idea. I agree, and like someone else said "hello lawsuits." This is crap.

socioecoboy