Since moving to a new city, I’ve been using Mapquest quite a bit to plot out how to get where I’m going, and it usually does a pretty good job. They even have an option to click on to “Avoid Highways” which has been really handy, since the geniuses here decided to shut down two major bridges that both cross the same river. Seems they both needed rennovating. At the same time.
Now, that is a very useful feature, but one more option would be nice. Something you could click on to “Avoid Areas Where I Might Get Shot” would be very nice. So, MapQuest guys, if you could go ahead and start working on that, I’d really appreciate it.
Hey, while they’re at it, maybe they can throw in the "Avoid Assholes" route… I’m just sayin…
Gee, who’s gonna volunteer to do the field work on that assignment?!
I work at MapQuest and that feature was scrapped by executives because they didn’t want to be shaken down by Jessie Jackson for donations to the Rainbow Push organization.
It looked like this before it was scrapped:
Stay away from the Red and Blue areas…
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery/images/black.jpg
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery/images/hispanic.jpg