One of the best features about Google Maps is that you can create free customized driving directions.

All you have to do is drag and drop your route to different points along your journey with GMap’s draggable driving directions and everything is done for you.

Multiple Destinations: The ability to customize driving directions in this way is very useful when you have multiple destinations in your trip and you want to find the best driving route to drive through each point.

Avoid Traffic: The ease of dragging and dropping driving directions in Google Maps also makes it simple to avoid traffic by finding the best route to your destination which has the least amount of traffic.

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Using public transportation has become a whole lot easier with Google Maps and the ‘Get Transit Directions’ feature (Google Transit).

You can now use G Maps to plan a transit trip for several cities across the US and Canada.

To Plan a Trip Using Public Transportation:

1. Go to Google Maps and Search for Directions
2. If available for your route, you’ll see the option to take “Public Transit”
3. You can view upcoming departures and See a route on the map
4. Plan ahead by setting your Departure time
5. Step by step instructions for the entire route are available in text and on the map
6. See exactly where you need to be for travel times and transfers in each leg of the trip
7. You can also plan your return trip

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It is now incredibly easy to get free accurate driving directions thanks to Google Maps (GMaps).

Whether you’re looking for simple driving directions or more customized routes, GMaps is rapidly becoming the ultimate route planner.

Getting driving directions is this easy with GMaps:

1. Google Maps: Go to http://maps.Google.com
2. Get Directions: Click “Get Directions”
3. Destinations: Enter a Starting Location and Destination (You can search for an address, landmark or place). If you’re making many stops in your journey, you can add multiple destinations along your route.
4. Traffic: By clicking “Traffic”, you can see live traffic, or you can adjust the date and time to see the traffic at a different time. If there’s traffic during your planned travel time, you can change your route easily.
5. Street View: GMaps has an amazing feature called ‘Street View’ which allows you to view a particular location at street level. This is great for all of you who are afraid of getting lost, as you can use Street View to preview the route before you depart.
6. Walking & Public Transit Directions: Together with driving directions, Google Maps also provides free walking and public transit route directions where available.

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TripCart is a Road Trip Planner and Online Travel Guide. It let’s you explore attractions and plan your trip with ease.

TripCart has a nifty Trip Planner with a great interface that fuses your travel itinerary and diary with Google Maps to provide a fantastic tool for trip planning.

On their site, they mention that:

“TripCart is the travel website with a technological edge, incorporating Google Maps so you can make your travel plans accurate to the last detail ….. You can search for exciting places and attractions to visit, or – if you know what area you want to visit—explore it on Trip Cart and learn what the region has to offer.”

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Google Maps

Google Maps is an amazing application which lets you create & find maps, routes, driving directions and a lot more.

After exploring the range of functions, it’s clear that Google Maps is going to change the way we get directions for driving, hiking, road trips and general route planning.

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