DIY travel maps
Yankee in Canada has made an SLA 2007 conference map using Google My Maps. My Maps lets you create a customized map, adding markers for places already in Google Maps as well as your own markers.
I tried out My Maps for a trip I’m planning with my family. I added the hotel where we’re staying, the restaurant where we’re eating dinner, some bookstores we want to visit, and other landmarks. This sure beats jotting down all the addresses and lugging around several maps that each have some of the things we need. (I haven’t made the map public for privacy reasons.)
Since this trip is to run the Boston Marathon, my next step is to try to combine it with a Boston Marathon Interactive Map I found on the Boston Globe site, also made using Google Maps. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there is a simple way to do this (yet…Google seems to add new features every other day), but I can at least figure out where the mile markers on the course are.
Postscript: Just after I posted this, I found that the Boston Globe has added a course map where readers can contribute their favorite spots for watching the race. Only one spot had been added when I looked, but this has a lot of potential. Now, if only I could import it into My Maps and add notes for my family!
April 10, 2007 at 9:51 pm
I haven’t yet figured out how to get the My Maps feature on to my Blackberry using Google Maps. As soon as I figure it out (or find someone who has figured it out) I’ll post something to my blog.