Save And Share Google Maps Directions With My Maps

I just recently used the My Maps feature to plan a backpacking trip remotely. I used lat-long to map the trail and placed markers for parking and shelters along the trail. This allowed the other person to get directions to the parking area even though it wasn't on a named road.

Tommy Tavenner

i used it today to show my wife where i was doing a service call at a remote oil rig, handy

darchinst

The First tag says it all. Good for the Grandparents in the family though. Used it one time to help an aunt find safeway.

Yeah, that's why I never do google map searches while signed into google, don't want them knowing where I'm going.

waffleboi9

Yeah, that's why I never do google map searches while signed into google, don't want them knowing where I'm going.

waffleboi9

Recently used this to map out all the local hotspots for our wedding guests. Google knows collaboration. My entire cost accounting course here at Auburn was based around collaborating through Google Docs.

j0hnab

+1 for Stumptown! Gotta hit that place every year when I'm up there for Oregon Brewers Festival!

TheChadd

Unfortunately, saving directions only works for driving directions, not for walking or public transit.

Packy Anderson

I used My Maps to help my boyfriend plan his trip to Germany. We marked all of the train stations that we knew he would be using to get from town to town and then plotted everything else out so his activities in each city would follow that trail. The fact that it's sharable made it possible for us to both update from home, work, friend's houses, and so on whenever we came up with a good lead.

My Maps made my move from collage to my new job a breeze. I even invited other friends and the HR lady at work to collaborate.

While still at collage, I went on craigslist and other sites to find places to live. I bookmarked them on a map. Then I clicked on the left column to bring up surrounding businesses and bookmarked those. I wanted to know the distances to grocery stores, gas stations, banks, entertainment from both home and work. Each had their own icon on the map, copy and pasted info on each. Others added to it - places they live, bars they go to, concert places, restaurants, etc.

I then bought a G1. Got My Maps Editor along with My Tracks. Now when I am on google maps, I placemark possible places to launch from, areas that I want to kayak to, things to look out for, etc. I then track my trail with My Tracks. I also use My Tracks to gather info on my daily comute and come up with an average amount of gas used, speed traveled, etc. I used this to convince one of my coworkers and neighbor to carpool.

Now when I go out, I always have my phone, I placemark all the sites I went to, log what I did, wind and water conditions (when kayaking), and what I caught when I fish.

Gmaps is better than my GPS handheld, though I use it too as back up.

lozer4all

I would like to see some additions to gmaps.

anybody who is anybody has a smartphone probably capable of using gmaps. I would like to see traffic patterns become updated on streets other than interstates and the like. Some of this data exists from different web resources, but I would like the ability to reroute directions that avoid traffic. Being new to a big city, knowing side streets would be clutch.

also, having the ability to log trips under a file system would be great. say i wanted to make a folder for work commutes and log my to and from every day. or friends folder and have one parent map that shows everyone and sub maps to each.

and also (haha) i would like to see drive times updated for traffic. and for really long trips, show how the traffic pattern will change as you progress in the trip. kinda like a 15, 30, 45, 60 min stages like you see in weather maps.

ok...bed time

lozer4all

I would like to see some additions to gmaps.

anybody who is anybody has a smartphone probably capable of using gmaps. I would like to see traffic patterns become updated on streets other than interstates and the like. Some of this data exists from different web resources, but I would like the ability to reroute directions that avoid traffic. Being new to a big city, knowing side streets would be clutch.

also, having the ability to log trips under a file system would be great. say i wanted to make a folder for work commutes and log my to and from every day. or friends folder and have one parent map that shows everyone and sub maps to each.

and also (haha) i would like to see drive times updated for traffic. and for really long trips, show how the traffic pattern will change as you progress in the trip. kinda like a 15, 30, 45, 60 min stages like you see in weather maps.

ok...bed time

lozer4all

@waffleboi9: Oh, they know, they KNOW everything! You can't hide... :)

@lozer4all: I'm curious: Which collage did you attend?

VayaConQueso

@VayaConQueso: I'm curious: Who wants to know? :)

lozer4all

@VayaConQueso: I'm curious: Who wants to know? :)

lozer4all

@lozer4all: He was making fun of you calling it collage (a mixture of images) instead of college (a higher-education institution).

gauden44

@lozer4all: He was making fun of you calling it collage (a mixture of images) instead of college (a higher-education institution).

gauden44

@Dignan17: Okay, well, that was embarrassing. That's what this article was all about :) I could swear that this was only a recent addition, being able to save directions to My Maps.

Okay, now I will sheepishly crawl into my hole :)

Dignan17

There is one thing about the "My Maps" thing that makes it completely unusable for me: it is not possible to get traditional driving directions, and then save those as a "My Maps" map. It is beyond me why this isn't possible. If anything, I would have expected this FIRST!

I don't want to map out a bunch of freakin' points on a map when I just want to give someone driving directions that can already be accomplished by simply typing in two address points. I love Google, but this one frustrates me to no end.

Dignan17

@gauden44: makes sense. i have been terrible at spelling all my life. and when i type, i usually type without regard to grammar or spelling due to formulating my next thought and the ideas flying through my head.

but i went to a great collage. it was full of trees and sidewalks and buildings. lot of students and i attended when we won 4 national championships in both football and basketball (and ultimate +1 :) clearly spelling wasn't one of the strong suits. but i use the internet reel good.

lozer4all