Create Custom Driving Directions With Google Maps Maker

Mar 11, 2009 at 9:51am ET by Barry Schwartz

The Google LatLong Blog announced that you can now create your own custom driving directions in Google Map Maker. This comes in handy when Google Maps is missing roads, is mistaken on directions or if you want to make up a better route to get to your destination.

Typically, I would take you through a screen by screen on how to actually do this. But Google has already done so on this page. So if you are interested in how this works, definitely read about it over here.

Google did say this tool is not perfect but it does make for a new way of creating driving directions.

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.

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