WalkIt.com: MapQuest for your feet

By Hank Green Posted Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:42am PDT

MapQuest is great and all, but what if I want to get to the burning calories instead of gasoline. Well, that's where WalkIt.com comes in. WalkIt is mapping out cities for bicycle and pedestrian commuters so that they can find the fastest, safest, and simplest routes walking routes through their cities.

For every trip you map, WalkIt will tell you around how many calories you'll burn, how long the trip will take at different walking speeds, and how many kg of carbon you'll avoid. The interface is just as simple as MapQuest, though their front page could use a bit of cleaning up.

The biggest problem though, is that only three cities have been mapped out so far, all in the UK. But if you're a citizen of London, Birmingham or Edinburgh, consider yourself served. A representative from WalkIt has assured me that more cities are on the way, but they aren't likely to start on the Americas any time soon.

See Also
-Google Public Transit-
-Google Hiking Trails-
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