title: Google maps Wish
link: http://jj.isgeek.net/2006/02/google-maps-wish/
author: Jj
description: 
post_id: 115
date: 2006/02/03 18:53:52
created_gmt: 2006/02/03 23:53:52
comment_status: open
slug: google-maps-wish

The last couple of days I've been sending directions in in Lima using Google maps, for that I needed to take a screenshot of the current view and then gimp the image to add the places, and routes to take.

I can manage to do this, but I can't ask other people to do it, specially people who won't meddle with the computer, or don't know how to use a drawing program, take screenshots, or just doesn't have the patience/time to do it. So these are my wishes at the moment:

  * I wish there was the ability to at least plot points, using the same markers they use for search results.

![](http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/iconA.png)

This would probable make the [uri](http://www.google.com.pe/search?q=define%3Auri) twice as long for the extra coordinates of it but given their actual length It won't matter since they are always used in a copy/paste manner (You can always use [Tinyurl.com](http://www.tinyurl.com/)).

  * Also, it would be useful if you could draw lines to depict a route or path to follow. Now, I don't think it is a good idea to keep all this information in a URI. But you could save these "maps" in your Google account, and make them public. So you only have to give away the uri for the saved map :)