P. J. Alling wrote:
Perhaps a simple call to the American Automobile Association would get
you that information. I'd do it for you but I'm no longer a member.
I posted links to AAA online.. which had a clear map of the Blue Ridge
and more...
I guess John didnt see it ...
here it is again - in part ...
View, print and save complete TripTiks of the Blue Ridge Parkway
northbound
<http://www.aaatravelviews.com/file.axd?file=2010%2f6%2fAAA_BRP_Northbound.pdf>
and southbound
<http://www.aaatravelviews.com/file.axd?file=2010%2f6%2fAAA_BRP_Southbound.pdf>
or create your own drive trip at AAA.com
No evidence you have to be AAA to use that -
ann
On 6/8/2011 11:08 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: "Christine Aguila"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Halpin" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Stupid Google Maps
> When I rode my motorscooter from KC up to our new place in
Michigan last
> fall, Google Maps wanted to put me on Interstates. I was able to
> click-and-drag the mapped route onto state and county roads,
Google Maps
> then recomputed distances, times for me. I seem to recall that I
had to
> put in extra way points to make this work smoothly . . .
I have had lots of similar experiences--you also have to zoom in so
the back
roads show up, as well as the city side-streets. Cheers, Christine
All good advice that I am following.
You have to add a click and drag point between every intersection on
the Parkway or Google will jump off to an adjacent highway.
The problem I'm having is Google hates the Blue Ridge Parkway so much
that I run out of points to click and drag. I've also tried "Add
Destination".
You can force it to follow the Parkway if you add enough intermediate
destinations that are between the intersections with other highways,
but adding a destination is limited to the letters of the alphabet
(i.e. you can only add 25 destinations to your starting point).
I'm currently working on combining multiple maps with adding a whole
bunch of intermediate destinations with click & drag in between to
see if I can get it to provide the information I want.
I don't really need the map part, I know how to find Skyline Drive &
the Parkway. It's the times and distances I'm trying to work out, to
figure how many days to allow and which camping areas to make
reservations for.
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