{"id":10978,"date":"2021-05-25T12:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningcyclist.com\/?p=10978"},"modified":"2023-08-15T21:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T21:37:54","slug":"google-maps-cycling-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discerningcyclist.com\/google-maps-cycling-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Bike Speed: How Fast Does It Assume You Cycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google Maps assumes a standard cycling speed of roughly 16kph (10mph) for its estimates. However, the speed can vary based on factors like gradient and intersections, influenced by past GPS data from other users. It doesn’t adjust for weather, time of day, actual personal cycling speed, or route surfaces.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you take your bicycle out for a spin and end up venturing into the unknown, embrace it. Not only because you might find your new favourite cycling route, but because as long as you’ve got signal on your smart phone, you’ve always got good old Google Maps to bail you out if need be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduced in 2005, before adding bike-specific functions in 2010, Google Maps has plenty of cycling benefits. For one thing, it actually shows you where the bike lanes in your area are<\/a>, but it also gives you a rough estimate of how long it will take you to ride from your current location to your destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, this can be seriously different in reality if you go significantly faster or slower than the speed they use. So, what speed does Google Maps<\/a> use for biking? And are Google Maps cycling times accurate all the time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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