Google Maps has revamped their driving directions and has added walking directions (Beta). The following screen shots will show how this valuable tool is used by me to map out the houses I will be showing my clients.
For instance, this map is of the houses I am showing this evening. You will note the total driving time is shown of 2 hours and 58 minutes and 128 miles travelled. Google Maps used to show how many minutes and miles between houses; something I hope they will be bringing back.
The walking time and directions is under Beta but it is interesting that the walking time given is 1 day and 17 hours. I am guessing this means that if I walked the 128 miles it would take me 41 total hours or 3.12195 miles per hour. This will not be of much use to me since I drive to the mailbox in front of my house so I am definitely not going to be walking to the different stops.
I have sometimes, as in this instance, incurred more more miles on the walking directions than on the driving directions which I would have thought would always be less than driving.
Anyway, if you haven't used this great tool, try making use of it to plan out the best route to take to save fuel. You do have to add several extra destinations and cut and paste the destinations in the order you want and then delete the blank lines. You used to be able to just grab and drop the destination to the new order desired but that appears to have been at least temporarily removed. This too I would like to see added back in.
Thanks and "Don't keep me a secret--I'm never too busy for your referrals!"
Rob (FREE Home Warranty with every home you buy or sell through me!!)
Rob Lang, CRS, ABR, ePro, GRI, CFPS Realtor®
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