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- Hormelinator, on 10/11/2007, -8/+263if I have another baby .. I'm naming it google
- idreamincode, on 10/11/2007, -0/+213That has to be one of the best features I've seen on a map in YEARS! Good work google!
- djepik, on 10/11/2007, -0/+200All my dreams have come true!
- eddiddiums, on 10/11/2007, -1/+143I have been dreaming of this moment ever since online maps started. Finally I can correct the stupid directions that Google tends to come up with.
- GGERG15, on 10/11/2007, -3/+77haha I just drove through canada to get to texas from CT
- fuzzmeister, on 10/11/2007, -2/+72One of those things which, while seemingly simple, requires immense effort to get right.
- jstohler, on 10/11/2007, -1/+56Is there anything those guys can't do?
- Ninnux, on 10/11/2007, -2/+56Wow...that is impressive programming
- aywwts4, on 10/11/2007, -1/+53As sad as it sounds, this really was my dream for google maps. I wrote them about it three times. Since I like to travel at a more leisurely pace and avoid highways. I'm pretty happy.
- chazcron, on 10/11/2007, -2/+51this would have made it easier to prove my route home from vacation was better than my brother-in-law's last week
- mattvogt, on 10/11/2007, -3/+50Simply amazing. Great innovation.
- cambrown99, on 10/11/2007, -8/+48Just in time for the iPhone
- Artifez, on 10/11/2007, -4/+36It works well, but I have come to expect that from Google.
- mjpatey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+30Elegantly simple. Absolutely beautiful!
- badjoke, on 10/11/2007, -0/+27I've also been thinking about this in the back of my head. "Wow, that'd be cool. Too bad it'd probably be too difficult to implement..."
I applaud you, Google. - saintdesy, on 10/11/2007, -4/+30They're working on it.
- aquadoctorbob, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=san+jose,+ca&daddr=Unknown+road+%4039.907760,+-115.658200+to%3AI-15+N+%4038.897110,+-112.407260+to%3AI-84+W%2FUT-30+W+%4041.897410,+-112.537150+to%3AUS-93+%4041.773660,+-114.751190+to%3AUS-50+%4039.553720,+-115.989920+to%3AUS-50%2FUS-6+%4039.042030,+-113.403470+to%3AI-15+N+%4045.521160,+-112.709400+to%3AI-15+S+%4039.680110,+-111.841950+to%3AI-70+E+%4039.217720,+-108.877560+to%3AUS-287+%4042.218950,+-107.474200+to%3ACO-13+%4039.551460,+-107.779840+to%3AI-76+E+%4039.847210,+-104.923130+to%3AI-70+E+%4039.267230,+-103.620340+to%3AI-80+E+%4041.053320,+-102.055520+to%3AUS-83+%4036.543860,+-100.810350+to%3AUS-64%2FUS-87+%4036.670710,+-103.780500+to%3AOK-3%2FUS-412+%4036.616320,+-100.583730+to%3AI-70+W+%4039.284850,+-103.050640+to%3A39.027719,-95.976562+to%3AHomestead+Expy%2FUS-77+N+%4040.494360,+-96.704790+to%3AUS-34+%4040.978890,+-94.565700+to%3AOK-51+W%2FUS-412+W%2FUS-64+W+%4036.158770,+-96.044610+to%3AI-470+N%2FMO-291+N+%4038.986010,+-94.356680+to%3Anew+york,+ny&mrcr=18,19&mrsp=19&sz=5&mra=dme&sll=39.909736,-97.163086&sspn=19.521486,48.164063&ie=UTF8&ll=39.334297,-99.09668&spn=19.681313,48.164063&z=5&om=1
Heh. Road trip, anyone? - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17Very simple, yet incredibly useful idea. Thank you Google!
- SpeedyG, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16It's good to see that Google Maps is being significantly improved again, and not just for the biggest metro areas. I was starting to use Mapquest because it had highway exit numbers where Google Maps didn't, and now they've gone and finally fixed that. This new feature is pretty darn cool... effectively, they've added customizable midpoints to the route.
- sancho320, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15THAT IS EFFIN AWESOME!!!!!
- ccgg, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Too bad they've disabled the swimming feature. I wanted to do laps across the Atlantic
- UtahApocalyse, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13This is just sweet!
- sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15Hey Horme, your Son Lycos stole my dirt bike yesterday. Between that and your daughter Webvan stealing my credit card applications from my mailbox I'm beginning to wonder if moving in next to you was a bad idea.
- qwertydvorak, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13EXAMPLE 1: alot of tiimes it will give me directions that force me to go the shortest route. the shortest route takes me through town instead of the expressway, and takes me down a road that has a stoplight at every corner and is like a parking lot all day long. the expressway route takes me only 2 more miles out of the way, but shaves 20 minutes off the drive.
EXAMPLE 2: lots of times i can see it taking me down a road i know is bad, but i don't know the surrounding roads too well to make a detour on my own. would be a pain to try to punch in fake addresses trying to make my own waypoints to get me around the pain in the rear to drive on road.
EXAMPLE 3: sometimes you know the address of where you are going, and where you are starting, but you know you need to make a stop near a certain mall along the way, so you just drag the line over to the mall.
i have also been wondering when one of the map companies was going to add something as obviously needed as this. - SampaChic, on 10/11/2007, -7/+17If only they could bring the dinosaurs back...
- master_of_fm, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11first drag n drop on my netflix queue, and now this. today is a good day
- LavaHot, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Get me laid. Sigh, I'm so GLonely.
- phervers, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9you can measure with maps, go to http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?mapprev=1 you can find distance measurement tool there
- FluffyArmada, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8You could just rename the current child.
- griz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Cool!! Right click on a destination to zoom in/out, center or delete it.
- samgab, on 10/11/2007, -6/+13I want it to give me distance in KMs!!! Stupid Imperial system.
- aussieNickuss, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7How coincidental.
- Harbinger67, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9Give it time.
- sneeka2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Actually, it's there. Top left.
- MrSketch, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6It does give distance in km for countries that use km. I plotted from Rome to Venice and the distances were in km. But yes, it would be nice if we could switch between them.
- jeffyjones, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6We were messing with this just today at work, and we assumed it was always like this. We were looking to measure distances for our commutes, and the way Google gave directions wasn't always what we actually drove.
Insanely cool stuff. - Ishiguro, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Woohoo, one of the suggestions I sent google was actually used. It was all me!!!?!
- Brss45, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I wish google could use this feature to determine what people's most-preferred paths are, or for correcting routes that aren't correct.
I got directions to someone's house and google told me to go from S. Grener Ave. to N. Grener Ave. ......it's a right-turn only lane, with a stop sign, 15 feet from an on-ramp... 30 or so from an off ramp.
See: S Grener Ave @39.952470, -83.122150
(Google told me to go straight across West Broad to N Grener Ave.) - tsukiyo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Very awesome and useful feature! Nice work as usual Google! Man, I wish I could work there!
- phervers, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Hmm, just launched live maps to check if it does and i can't find it anywhere. Other thing is live maps doesn't understand my addresses (in Poland) while google does perfectly. So i'll stick to google.
- AdamTReineke, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I hope Google Maps can "learn" from the route changes people make, and after a while its software automatically offers a modified "smarter" route. :-)
- coldphoenix, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Right-Click
- Bamborzled, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Is Streets and Trips web-based or free?
- patrickloggins, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8Make you breakfast.
...OH WAIT, THEY CAN! - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6I'm just left stunned at the programming. To do this with AJAX the way they have...wow.
- Motobike_man, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I just used it in Safari and it works fine
- jeff303, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Works in FF 2.0.0.4 on Mac here
- coasterswim, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Just download Google Earth. It's been able to do that forever.
- LavaHot, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4... The Mayor, not EVER!
- samgab, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3does it know about "no right turn"s and "no entry"s etc? We'll see, I guess.
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