Where/how do you guys post maps?

[forester]

I see some pretty interesting maps in the commute map thread, and I was wondering the how and where of how you guys post maps with routes on them here on the forum.

[StacyT]

I see some pretty interesting maps in the commute map thread, and I was wondering the how and where of how you guys post maps with routes on them here on the forum.

I use the Directions from Google then copy the page to the clipboard (ctrl-c), paste it into Paintshop to crop it to the size I want.  Save the image to the desktop and then attach the file to the message.

[dinolee]

Microsoft Streets and Trips.  Clipboard copy and crop to size.

[Dichotomous]

toposcout usgs mapping software.  but the others would work just fine as well, and give a better picture often

[garry]

+1 on Streets and Trips. Alt-PrintScreen to copy to the clipboard, paste into a photo editing application (Adobe Photoshop Elements for me), crop and save, then upload to PhotoBucket.

[xdbx]

check out grouprider.com

its integrated with google maps. and has groups within, so you can make ...say... an "event" and notify people of when and where a route will happen.  There are also "public routes" that you can just share, and look up others' favorite routes.  Give it a shot, its got real potential.

[JimWilliamson]

1) Download trackpoints from the GPS
2) Upload into a mapping app (Street Atlas or Google Earth)
3) Print-Screen & paste into an image editor, crop, save (gif's seem to work better than jpg's - for clarity of text).

This thing is a combo with the Google Earth 'map' in the corner:

[GRN]

check out grouprider.com

its integrated with google maps. and has groups within, so you can make ...say... an "event" and notify people of when and where a route will happen.  There are also "public routes" that you can just share, and look up others' favorite routes.  Give it a shot, its got real potential.

+1, pretty sweet indeed... we're using it to plan a variety of rides  from Sun. morning breakfast runs, to 4 day rally's, to a VERY extended ride...

[Nny]

I used Google Maps for mine.  They recently added the multiple destinations feature that made it so I could plot 2 different routes to the same place.  After I get the zoom right I used Grab (I'm on a Mac) to take a screen shot, then crop and put it up in my message.