Wednesday, September 26, 2007

First comments

Today I've received the first comments. On the http://freegeographytools.com Leszek Pawlowicz published a little review about my tool.


There’s a brand new site called Get-A-Route that lets you do the same thing point-by-point, but it’s not as easy to use in that mode as Marengo. In Get-A-Route, you can set the start and and end destinations as points in “Step-By-Step Route” mode, and then manually select additional points for the route. Unlike Marengo, you can’t move or delete waypoints after you create them; if you mess up, you have to start again with the two endpoints. And placing waypoints exactly where you want them can be a pain.
But Get-A-Route has a nifty feature that Marengo lacks. In “Automatic Route” mode, enter your “From” and “To” addresses, and click on “Get A Route”. You’ll get the standard list of Google driving directions, and the route drawn on a Google Maps interface. But you’ll also have the option to download a GPX route file (or OziExplorer Waypoint or Route file) that contains waypoint markers for every critical
direction point in the Google Maps driving directions. Then use a program like
EasyGPS or GPS TrackMaker to upload the route to your GPS receiver. It’s a way to get direction routing on a GPS that doesn’t support it, especially if you print out the Google Maps driving directions as well.


Thanks Leszek for usefull comments. Step-By-Step routes was improved. Now it's possible to move "change-direction" points through drag-n-drop and delete them with mouse rightclick.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Site birthday

Hello to All!

Today is a birthday of www.get-a-route.com . The first version has been published. Welcome!
Thanks to GoogleMaps for great tool! Use it, test it, travel with it. Feel free to leave your comments or ask a questions.

A little note... English is not my native language, so let me know if there are any grammar mistakes on site. Thank you!