Try this link:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://freegeographytools.com/2007/drawing-lines-between-points-in-google-maps-straight-and-great-circle">http://freegeographytools.com/2007/drawing-lines-between-points-in-google-maps-straight-and-great-circle</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I kind of glanced at it, but sounds like what you want (for straight lines).</div><div><br></div><div>Haven't checked for plotting a bunch of paths, but might be close to here.</div><div><br></div>
<div>--Don Ellis</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:08 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.bengtson@mchsi.com">j.bengtson@mchsi.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div>I tried substituting GPS coordinates for street addresses...it worked, but Google Maps still followed street and highways.<div class="im"><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Dave Weis <br></div><div class="im">
To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group' <br>Sent: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:42:21 -0500 (CDT)<br>Subject: Re: [Cialug] Lazy programmer question<br><br><br></div><div class="im">> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Dave Weis <br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > I might have been unclear the first time, I do want all the <br>> lines on one map.<br>> ><br>> > I have a spreadsheet with the start and end of fiber optic <br>
> lines but want a view of it because its a pain to create a <br>> route with cells.<br>> <br>> Are the lines simple straight lines or routed lines between addresses?<br>> In other words, do you translate address A into lat/long <br>
> then address B into lat/long then draw a straight line between them?<br><br>I'm not picky, straight lines are perfectly fine.<br><br></div></div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div>