Metro

Google map directions leads bike astray

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A Post reporter tries to navigate Columbus Circle after Google Maps biking directions instructed him through the trecherous, traffic-clogged circle. Dan Brinzac
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A Post reporter checks directions along the way. Dan Brinzac
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A Post reporter braves traffic on West 65th and Central Park West. Dan Brinzac
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Google mappers owned up to the woes. “The team does know about some of the problems in New York,” said spokeswoman Elaine Filadelfo. Dan Brinzac
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Inside Central Park, Google shows The Mall and some footpaths south of 72nd Street as bike paths — although park rules make them definitely off-limits. “The parks are one of the things we need to work on,” Filadelfo admitted. “We don’t have great data for them.” Dan Brinzac