Drawing on and Embedding a Map - technical help please

[Barcelona Pat]

Hi all. I´d like to put together a map of the Americas on which I could plot my planned route next year, and then publish it on my blog. I´d also then like to be able to draw my actual route on the same map (in a different colour) and update it from time to time as a record of the trip. Any ideas all you clever IT types? Any help or signposting received with mucho thanks.

B)
Pat

[knobblywobbly]

Googlemaps should enable you to do that with a little bit of fiddling.

[Morph]

I created this map at;

http://www.travellerspoint.com/travel-maps.cfm

But there must be better sites.

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This site looks quite good;

http://www.mytripjournal.com/

[stormfield]

Googlemap guide here:
http://maps.google.com/support/bin/stat ... 21676&rd=2

You can drop different icons e.g. campsites, ship ports, sightseeing places.

You can also draw lines on the map.

[scouse]

Try using Google Earth... and create a kml file which can be put up on a website to open... Actually I'll get back to you on this one as I am looking at a couple of ways of doing this myself.

[susurro]

Thanks Barca Pat - this is a really useful thread all of you

[Road2Manchester]

I treid googlr maps 30 times prior to my us tripand every time without fail, it froze my lap top drove me crazy.
I used a pay as you go system that charges about $12 for 30 way points, but never got a great result.
I think the best way for a web map is using Photoshop, But this is harder.

I still want to do an 'actual route map/ but havn.t found a great alternative.

[LargeWayRound]

Hi Pat

Don't know if you have seen these before , http://www.findmespot.eu/en/index.php

If I was doing your awesome trip then I would seriously consider one , also gives you mapping of your travels . At a cost .

Just a thought .

Cheers Bud

[Barcelona Pat]

Cheers all - plenty to look at when I get home. Keep it coming!

Edit: I did this on Google Earth:

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and I have the route tracked on a KMZ file.

Cheers
Pat