Google Maps has just released a new feature: ‘My Maps’. With all the features of Google Maps, you can now create and personalize your own map of the world. To start, you will need an account with Google. Once you begin, you are given the option of making your map ‘private’ or ‘public’. Making your map ‘public’ will give it its own URL, allowing you to share it with other people on the trip, family, friends, or whomever you wish.

Paths you wish to take on your trip will be highlighted plus you can add your own text and photos for annotation to truly personalize your map. Its creation of a KML (Keyhole Markup Language) file will allow compatibility with the software, Google Earth.

To see a sample, take a tour of Google’s headquarters in Santa Clara County, California: the ‘Googleplex‘, its map created on April 1^st, 2007

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