[Cialug] Lazy programmer question (follow up

[Morris Dovey]

On 8/20/2010 4:12 PM, Morris Dovey wrote:
> On 8/20/2010 12:27 PM, Dave Weis wrote:
>>
>> I have a spreadsheet containing two addresses per line and I want to draw a (google or other) map with a line between each of those addresses. I would prefer it not to take the rest of the day.
>>
>> Any pointers on the most efficient method to give this to google maps?
>
> If you can live with a static map (no pan, zoom, street view, etc),
> there's how-to info at
>
> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/#Paths
>
> You can specify the thickness and color of your lines. I think I'd use
> Matthew's method to produce the path strings, and then paste those into
> the URL.

I took a couple of minutes to try multiple paths. Sample at

    http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/Misc/TestMap.html