Thanks to Google's incredibly smart geocoder, you don't need to know the address or intersection of your favorite destinations. You can type them directly into the to/from address boxes.
Want to ride to Central Park? Type Central Park, NY into the destination address box. Heading up to the George Washington Bridge? Try George Washington Bridge. Making it a beach day? Try Coney Island.
We've done some testing and it works with bridges, parks, neighborhoods, boroughs, airports, colleges and universities, and iconic NYC locales like Times Square. In some cases, you may also need to specify the borough or you'll get a park in Baltimore with the same name.
Wed, 06/11/2008 - 10:47
Your directions don't take you to the ramp that goes up and across the GWB.
Wed, 06/11/2008 - 12:49
True! We're sort of at the mercy of Google's geocoder for this feature at the moment and that means they control the longitude and latitude the point that represents landmarks like the GWB.
One of the items on our to-do list is a dropdown of points-of-interest that would allow us to control exactly where the destination marker is dropped -- and I think right in front of the ramp makes perfect sense.
Thanks!