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D-Bone
Jun 28th '07, 04:34 PM
Google has just announced on the Google Lat-Long blog that Google Maps has a really cool new ability to create and modify driving directions. You can now simply click the map with your right mouse button to pick your starting and ending points for driving directions. Then, you can simply click on a point on the route to re-route to a different path (say you want to take the coastal route, or want to avoid going over a traffic jam). It's all very simple, point and click. And, read below for a tip on how to use the results in Google Earth. Check out this video by the Google Maps team about the new feature:

Read More: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/06/google_maps_click_an.html

Dante
Jun 28th '07, 10:14 PM
Google is totally pwning the map application market with this to the point that even stand-alone apps are going to get squashed by this map monster. Draggable waypoints rock! :headbang: