How to Create an Itinerary - Part 2

Google Earth
Google Earth's widely recognized purple glowing earth ball.

After you've created your itinerary in Google Map's "MyMaps", you'll probably want to print it out to take it with you on your trip. Here's how:
  1. Install Google Earth if you don't have it already.
  2. Click on the kml logologo located to the right, above the map.
  3. Google Earth should open your itinerary automatically.
  4. In Google Earth, in the left menu, your itinerary locations are listed under the folder "Temporary Places".
  5. Two lines under the folder, you'll see this iconnetwork folder iconwith no words next to it. Click once on it.
  6. Go the to menu File > Print...
  7. Select "Selected Folder in My Places" and then click the "Print" button
In the print out, you'll get an overview map of all locations. Below that is the details you've written for each location and their map locations. This is a handy reference for your trip itinerary!

A little warning regarding the individual location maps. Google Earth zooms in on each location. If the satellite map looks fuzzy on Google Maps because they haven't deemed it special enough to get more accurate pictures, then they'll be fuzzy in Google Earth as well.

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