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04-26-2008, 4:23 AM jackrock Joined on 11-07-2006 Posts 287 Using Google Maps to create a route for Caches Along a Route I came across the following on the Groundspeak forum and thought others might be interested: "You CAN use Google Maps to do the routes. A member of our local caching group was kind enough to post the following instructions: QUOTE There is a trick you can use to automate this, but it's a little clumsy. The interesting part is that Google MAPS (not Google Earth) will let you modify the route interactively. If you generate directions in maps.google.com , you can then left-click anywhere on the route and drag that point somewhere else to modify the route. For example, just drag your Torreya route off of I-10 and onto Blountstown highway! The clumsy part is exporting the modified route as a KML file from Google MAPS. If you look at the top right of the map, you'll see a link called [Link to this Page]. The trick is Left-click on [Link to this Page] copy the text with the URL in the first field (called "Paste link in email or IM) with "Cntl-C" paste that text somewhere (probably in a new browser window) add the following to the end of the text: &output=kml open a link to that new URL (with the &output=kml at the end of the address) and you should get options about either opening it with Google Earth, or saving it on your computer. From there, proceed to use the KML file of the modified route in the usual way to make a "Caches on a Route" query. Here's an example of a modified URL ending in &output=kml See what it does in your browser. The last bulleted step will be a little different on every computer, depending on the browser, the way you handle KML files, etc. But the point is that you can (1) modify the route in Google Maps and then (2) use the &output=kml trick to export the modified directions. I hope this makes sense... " I tried it and it worked great. I can stop anytime, it's my dogs that are hopelessly addicted    Report

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