HARVEY Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 My preference is Yahoo Maps, for what it's worth. What I'm looking to do is designate a starting point and find out how far driving "x" miles in a day would take me? If I was using a paper map I could use the key for mileage; if 60 miles equaled 1 inch, 8 inches would take me 480 miles. But is there a way t do this on Yahoo Maps, or Mapquest? Or another program? Thanks, Everyone! Harvey Los Angeles Quote
Members celticleather Posted June 29, 2009 Members Report Posted June 29, 2009 If you download Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/), you can click on the little ruler in the top toolbar. This will enable you to draw a line of any length (inches, yards, miles, kilometers etc). Click on your starting point, and extend the line to however many miles you want in any direction, and see where it gets you! Alternatively, you can use the 'path' tab to start at a point, and create a path by following roads. The total mileage is calculated each time you click on a point on the road. I don't know if you can do these things with Yahoo Maps or Mapquest, but I know it works with Google Earth! Quote
Members dickf Posted June 30, 2009 Members Report Posted June 30, 2009 If you download Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/), you can click on the little ruler in the top toolbar. This will enable you to draw a line of any length (inches, yards, miles, kilometers etc). Agreed - my thoughts exactly. Quote
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