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Google's Walking Map Gives True Step-By-Step Directions

Posted Jul 23, 08 3:45 PM CDT in Technology 

(Newser) – Google unveiled a new feature to its Maps site yesterday, Wired reports: walking directions. Users can now plot true step-by-step directions, taking into account one-way streets and a growing database of pedestrian pathways. The walking option will appear for distances less than 6.2 miles.

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The screenshot on the left shows old-fashioned driving directions. The right-hand shot shows walking directions, which ignore the one-way streets.
Kevin Bankston poses between downtown office buildings in San Francisco, Friday, June 1, 2007.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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