# Will Google Earth/Maps do this ......

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-google-earth-maps-do-this/637303>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-google-earth-maps-do-this/637303 "2012-10-10T13:04:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-google-earth-maps-do-this/637303/1 "2012-10-10T13:04:35Z")

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I’ve used Google Earth to add custom locations but I’d like to be able to highlight a path by color coding certain roads and then save it. I don’t see how I can do that.

Maybe the paid version?

How about Google Maps or another of the free or paid mapping programs??

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-google-earth-maps-do-this/637303/2 "2012-10-10T13:19:23Z")

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Maybe by creating a path?  
[http://www.trainweb.org/nzrailmaps/tutorial/createpath.htxt.html](http://www.trainweb.org/nzrailmaps/tutorial/createpath.htxt.html)

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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-google-earth-maps-do-this/637303/3 "2012-10-10T13:42:21Z")

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You can also do it in Maps. If you;re logged into google, go to maps, click “my places”, then “create map” and you can export it as kml for use with Earth. That’s about all I know. I have a couple maps I made years ago and I forgot everything since.