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Cool New Google Maps Feature! - graylocks - 12-27-2006
don't know how long it's been around but i just noticed it today.
you can add destinations when you search for directions. if i had needed to make a few stops, i used to have to make separate maps for each. now you can simple add destinations to the original map.
it doesn't appear to do 'best routing' but then again, i don't have time to explore at the moment. but even this is a welcome addition for my needs.
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - trisho. - 12-27-2006
Yeah, I just noticed that as well a couple of days ago. I wonder how long it's been there.
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - dmann - 12-27-2006
If you are looking for a "best route" solution, I posted this tip a while back:
http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/193323/193323#msg-193323
Here is a direct link to the site:
http://www.clikproductions.com/multiplotter/
DM
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - elmo3 - 12-27-2006
so, let me get this straight:
you set up a Google account, which you probably already have because you're a cheap bastard who will happily let Google handle all your email as long as they don't charge you money for it. So now they know all about your email life. Now you go into Google maps and tell it more about yourself by logging into your account and doing all your address and direction searches, as well as setting up destinations that Google stores--just to be a nice guy, right?
Y'all wait. 20 years from now, those of you who gave your lives to Google will seriously regret it.
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - vision63 - 12-27-2006
elmo3, you should paint the scenario. Be more illustrative. Google is just there "to serve man."
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - trisho. - 12-27-2006
[quote elmo3] Now you go into Google maps and tell it more about yourself by logging into your account and doing all your address and direction searches, as well as setting up destinations that Google stores--just to be a nice guy, right?
Please calm down. You don't have to have a Gmail account or a Google account to use it. I understand and respect your stance on Google (I too think they're going off the deep end) but not every single thing is a trigger for vitriol.
I respect specifically your opinions quite a bit elmo3, but the knee jerk reactions are becoming somewhat tiresome, even for me.
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - Racer X - 12-27-2006
Really faulty assumptions on your part. The first one is that using Google maps requires any sort of registration.
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - graylocks - 12-27-2006
thanks, dmann!
between google maps, multiplotter and my garmin gps, i'm all set!
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - elmo3 - 12-27-2006
The discussion is:
[quote graylocks]you can add destinations when you search for directions.
Are you all telling me that you can add destinations *without* logging into an account?
last time I looked, the answer was "no".
Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature! - trisho. - 12-27-2006
[quote elmo3]The discussion is:
[quote graylocks]you can add destinations when you search for directions.
Are you all telling me that you can add destinations *without* logging into an account?
last time I looked, the answer was "no".
Yes, yes you can. It's on the front page where it says, "New! Multi-point directions: Click and drag to rearrange stops." I just entered three addresses that I never frequent and it gave me multistop directions: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=central+park,+ny,+ny&daddr=6+World+Trade+Ctr,+New+York,+NY+10048+to:1515+broadway,+ny,+ny&sll=40.743485,-73.993607&sspn=0.074653,0.142822&ie=UTF8&z=13&om=1
I also used a different browser that I never use my Gmail account in. I am not logged in right now.