mattbell

I'm using a custom google map to plan a road trip to Portland, OR in early August. I have our route planned out, and I've been labeling points of interest along the route. While this is a decent use of google's custom map feature, it seems clunkier than I'd like it to be. It would be much cooler to have something that offers some more functionality, like:

- Simple adding of new locations from looking up addresses on yelp and other sites.
- Automatically identifying good places along the route to buy gas (prices go way up in certain rural areas due to increased cost of delivery), buy groceries, and sleep.
- Easy checking of places to visit, with routes updating accordingly.
- Integration of hours of operation on tagged monuments/museums/parks etc, when available.

The google maps API has been around a long time... I'm sure there's something good out there.

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Of course, the way to get good advice on *what* to visit is still the old-fashioned way.... by asking friends. So if you have advice, let us know!

We're planning on taking 5 from San Francisco to Portland, and 101 on the way back. Shasta and Crater Lake are on the list. Otherwise, it's fairly open.