# Distances: Website to plan your trip?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distances-website-to-plan-your-trip/313553>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 21, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distances-website-to-plan-your-trip/313553 "2005-07-21T23:17:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distances-website-to-plan-your-trip/313553/1 "2005-07-21T23:17:15Z")

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Besides using Mapquest and entering two points, is there a website “travel calculator” where I can enter many points and it’ll figure distances? This would be much easier than dong it by “brute force” ala Mapquest…

Any tips? 😕

- Jinx

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distances-website-to-plan-your-trip/313553/2 "2005-07-21T23:49:21Z")

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Not a website, but [Google Earth](http://earth.google.com) lets you draw a route by clicking on locations on the map. Use the “measure” function under “Tools,” click on your starting point, and then click on points along your route.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distances-website-to-plan-your-trip/313553/3 "2005-07-21T23:57:04Z")

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How is Google earth not a website?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distances-website-to-plan-your-trip/313553/4 "2005-07-22T00:10:56Z")

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The website is where you download the sofware. Google Earth runs on your computer.

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distances-website-to-plan-your-trip/313553/5 "2005-07-22T00:13:56Z")

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I’ll give it a try! Thanks! 🆒