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Re: Draw a route in a map

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On 2023-03-25 22:12, micky wrote:
> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 25 Mar 2023 20:44:43 +0100, "Carlos
> E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2023-03-25 16:03, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2023-03-24 14:19, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>>> Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL. Google says that the route is out of their coverage.
>>>>>
>>>>> It'll drive between the two Chinese cities, but it wants to fly from
>>>>> China to S.Korea
>>>>
>>>> Yep. It can not make a plan using different transport systems.
>>>
>>>     It seems you already have a solution (the map creation method given by
>>> Andy), but if not, just switch to Walking and enable <deity> mode.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> The map posted by Andy Burns is very good. The caveat is that it
>> requires one to login to create one.
>>
>> The method posted by micky is also interesting, but I haven't got around
>> to testing it yet.
> 
> Of course you don't have to go simply starting to ending place.  If the
> highway doglegs or zigzags, you can put in as many segments as you want.
> 
> I've used it a lot in town, like to see how far it was for my father
> when he walked to work, choosing the route he would have taken.

Oh, but I have no idea of the actual route. This is a laptop shipped 
from China to me, and I got an URL that lists where it gets to and 
departs from. So, I'm just curious to see the cities in a world map and 
approximate distances. It is just for my entertainment.

> 
>> The method posted by Fritz Wuehler is nice and easy, but it just marks
>> the cities (1, 2, 3, 4), does not join them with lines, unless I am
>> missing some option somewhere.
>>
>> It is using openstreet map, which seems to print the city names in the
>> language and script of the place, which is not readable to me. Maybe,
> 
> You don't read Chinese?  And yet you shop there.  How imperialistic!

:-D

The Lenovo web page is fully in Spanish, and really good quality 
Spanish. No hint of them being Chinese. Actually, I thought the 
customization would be done locally.



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Draw a route in a map "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-24 10:59 +0100
  Re: Draw a route in a map Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-03-24 10:05 +0000
  Re: Draw a route in a map Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2023-03-24 11:13 +0100
  Re: Draw a route in a map VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2023-03-24 06:21 -0500
    Re: Draw a route in a map "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-24 13:32 +0100
      Re: Draw a route in a map "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-24 14:07 +0100
        Re: Draw a route in a map Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-03-24 13:19 +0000
          Re: Draw a route in a map "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-24 14:30 +0100
            Re: Draw a route in a map Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-03-24 15:17 +0000
              Re: Draw a route in a map "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-24 17:21 +0100
            Re: Draw a route in a map micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2023-03-24 19:24 -0400
            Re: Draw a route in a map Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2023-03-25 15:03 +0000
              Re: Draw a route in a map "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-25 20:44 +0100
                Re: Draw a route in a map micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2023-03-25 17:12 -0400
                Re: Draw a route in a map "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-25 22:50 +0100
  Re: Draw a route in a map Andy Burnelli <nospam@nospam.net> - 2023-03-24 14:53 +0000
    Re: Draw a route in a map Bill W <nothing@nowhere.com> - 2023-03-25 16:06 +0000
  Re: Draw a route in a map Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-202303.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2023-03-25 16:55 +0100

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