A Little Google Maps Trick for Road Trippers

Posted by Mike Richard on July 10, 2007
Filed under: Sidelines, Tips, Travel

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Gadling points us to this new and nifty Google Maps trick that’s great for road trippers:

Don’t like the route offered by Google Maps? Simply click on the blue line and adjust it accordingly. This is especially nice if you’re pulling up directions for someone else, and the route suggested isn’t the best available.

I wish I’d have known about this feature (if it did in fact exist) back in April when K and I drove back from Montreal. We headed up to Canada through our normal route - Vermont. But we decided to mix things up and return via New York. Using this feature, we’d have been able to determine roughly how much more time, if any, it would add to our trip.

Try it out - it’s pretty sweet!

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Vagabondish editor Mike Richard lives in Rhode Island - a small patch of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats and speaking in the third person.



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