Google Maps has been showing directions for several modes of transportation: private cars, public transport and pedestrians, but no directions for motorcyclists.
The circumstances are modified through the latest update of the Google Maps app for Android that is already available in the Google Play Store app store. Motorcyclists can now get directions to destinations specially designed for them. What's the difference with the route to the car? Product Marketing Manager Google Indonesia Sasha Sunu revealed, specifically the route for motorcycles, Google Maps will include a route containing small shortcuts that can only be passed by two-wheeled vehicles.
In addition, Google Maps also will not include the path through the highway that can only be passed by four-wheeled vehicles. "So, will be given the option of small streets, road rats. The estimated time of travel is also adjusted because the motorist can be slipped so often faster than the car, "said Sasha when speaking in the event Google Maps Update in Jakarta, Tuesday (20/3/2018).
How to get a motorcycle route To start using a special motorcycle route on Google Maps this is easy, just download the Google Maps 9.73 (March 16, 2018) app in the Play Store app store. After installing the update, open the Google Maps app as usual, then specify a destination on the map and ask for directions.
Google Maps will then display directions. Well, in the choice of modes of transportation at the top of the screen there will be a new icon pictorial motorcycle. Click on this new icon to get a route for two-wheeled vehicles. "In the details of navigation, a memorable landmark will be marked with the letter 'i' in a blue circle, to make it easier for motorcyclists to recognize routes and remember the paths they take," Sasha continued.
Motorcycle route options in Google Maps will be available throughout Indonesia, especially traffic-dense cities like Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan. Unfortunately, the new Android platform that got this feature. The Google party has not explained when the iOS platform will be participated.
For motorcycle taxi "online" According to Google, special motorcycle navigation route is the most requested feature by users in Indonesia. The number of motorcyclists on the streets of Indonesia is 7 times more than cars, according to Jakarta Transportation Statistics data of 2016 from Jakarta Central Bureau of Statistics.
In addition to general users, the special navigation feature of two-wheeled vehicles in Google Maps is expected to help the drivers ojek online that often passing by on the streets and requires a qualified navigation. "In the past, based on our conversations with hundreds of motorcyclists in Jakarta, they often combined the navigation routes of cars and pedestrians. This is not accurate and can be dangerous, "said Google Maps Product Manager Group, Krish Vitaldevara.
He said, Google worked on a special motorcycle route for Maps users in Indonesia for 4 months. Throughout the period, for the benefit of two-wheeled navigation, Googel added 29,000 small motorized road routes, 3,000 km of new roads, and 10,000 road segments that can only be passed by cars (tolls).
Google also plans to update the Maps API used in the online ojek companies' applications, making it more accurate and up-to-date with the latest features. Thus, it is expected that the drivers ojek drivers no longer need to go back and forth open the driver application to get orders and Google Maps to navigate to the destination.
The circumstances are modified through the latest update of the Google Maps app for Android that is already available in the Google Play Store app store. Motorcyclists can now get directions to destinations specially designed for them. What's the difference with the route to the car? Product Marketing Manager Google Indonesia Sasha Sunu revealed, specifically the route for motorcycles, Google Maps will include a route containing small shortcuts that can only be passed by two-wheeled vehicles.
In addition, Google Maps also will not include the path through the highway that can only be passed by four-wheeled vehicles. "So, will be given the option of small streets, road rats. The estimated time of travel is also adjusted because the motorist can be slipped so often faster than the car, "said Sasha when speaking in the event Google Maps Update in Jakarta, Tuesday (20/3/2018).
How to get a motorcycle route To start using a special motorcycle route on Google Maps this is easy, just download the Google Maps 9.73 (March 16, 2018) app in the Play Store app store. After installing the update, open the Google Maps app as usual, then specify a destination on the map and ask for directions.
Google Maps will then display directions. Well, in the choice of modes of transportation at the top of the screen there will be a new icon pictorial motorcycle. Click on this new icon to get a route for two-wheeled vehicles. "In the details of navigation, a memorable landmark will be marked with the letter 'i' in a blue circle, to make it easier for motorcyclists to recognize routes and remember the paths they take," Sasha continued.
Motorcycle route options in Google Maps will be available throughout Indonesia, especially traffic-dense cities like Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan. Unfortunately, the new Android platform that got this feature. The Google party has not explained when the iOS platform will be participated.
For motorcycle taxi "online" According to Google, special motorcycle navigation route is the most requested feature by users in Indonesia. The number of motorcyclists on the streets of Indonesia is 7 times more than cars, according to Jakarta Transportation Statistics data of 2016 from Jakarta Central Bureau of Statistics.
In addition to general users, the special navigation feature of two-wheeled vehicles in Google Maps is expected to help the drivers ojek online that often passing by on the streets and requires a qualified navigation. "In the past, based on our conversations with hundreds of motorcyclists in Jakarta, they often combined the navigation routes of cars and pedestrians. This is not accurate and can be dangerous, "said Google Maps Product Manager Group, Krish Vitaldevara.
He said, Google worked on a special motorcycle route for Maps users in Indonesia for 4 months. Throughout the period, for the benefit of two-wheeled navigation, Googel added 29,000 small motorized road routes, 3,000 km of new roads, and 10,000 road segments that can only be passed by cars (tolls).
Google also plans to update the Maps API used in the online ojek companies' applications, making it more accurate and up-to-date with the latest features. Thus, it is expected that the drivers ojek drivers no longer need to go back and forth open the driver application to get orders and Google Maps to navigate to the destination.
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