OT: How does Google Maps display info this way for route planning
 

OT: How does Google Maps display info this way for route planning?

Most times for country-country the gMaps is not able to show routes. And when it does, it shows a detailed road by road description. This makes it cumbersome for me to see in a snapshot imp. details like distance and time taken when i chart this kind of info on an Excel sheet.

Any inputs will be a huge relief.

Found the link here if anyone is interested.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vXE3DII3Z9...s-workflow.JPG

There are much better workflows available, to plan your big trip in detail. And how you can visualize it:

Article in English
4x4tripping: Planning and visualize an RTW Trip

Article in German
4x4tripping: Die Weltreise-Routenplanung einfach gemacht

It would have saved my many hours on Excel and Word, to collect Informations and Details about our route… This way you can collect not just the route, you can too collect points you will see, you can discuss them private or discuss it public. Other readers can too add sightseeing suggestions and so on...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JFZ2qiZsxs...tenplanung.JPG

Wow.
That looks really neat.
Will give it a shot.
Great timing for the share.
Cheers,