![]() ![]() Thankfully Google Maps is improving all the time, around the world. The farther you get from developed countries, the worse your results will be. Direction routing is available just about everywhere, but if you try searching for "campground" in Mongolia you will be disappointed. It is worth noting that Google Earth and Google Maps work much better in North America and Europe. If you click the "Get Directions" button and type in Moab, UT in the box with the "A" next to it, and Zion, UT in the box with a "B" you'll see a purple squiggly line on the map with detailed driving directions on the left. Google Maps can also give you driving directions. If you click on one of those placemarks you should get an address, a phone number or link to their web page. If you type in "campground zion national park" you will get a bunch of placemarks around Zion National Park in Utah where Google thinks there is a campground. In its basic form, Google Maps is an extension of the Google search engine, except it knows (most of the time) where stuff is. If you've used Google Maps and Google Earth before, feel free to skip to this section. If you see a small screenshot thumbnail anywhere in this article, click on it to view the full sized image. Google Earth helps us keep track of long itineraries and document where we've been. Google Maps is great at finding places we want to go, calculating mileage and giving driving directions. ![]() Google Earth and Google Maps are two online tools that we use frequently to plan and record our travels. Plan Your Trip with Google Earth and Google Maps ![]()
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