MM Road Map

[V1GiLaNtE]

Based on Taylor's PTO dilema and some suggestions about going out and exploring it sparked my creative juices to start what I'm calling the "MM Road Map".

I use Google Maps heavily for documenting 4wd trips, motorcycle rides, and life's grand adventures. So it occured to me that we should start a collaborative map for MMer's to document roads, points of interest, etc. as part of the greater journey of being an enthusiast. 

I personally have a map I call "Life Map" which documents anything and everything I've visited and thought was note worthy (food, coffee, temples, lodging, etc.) It's been really fun to use that as a reference when people are traveling and need suggestions.

Below is the link to the "MM Road Map". 

MM Road Map

Some guidance:

• Use Orange for car/motorcycles under the "Drives" layer
  
• Use Blue for 4x4 under the "4x4" layer
  
• Use the other layers "Points of Interest" and "Food & Beverage" for the obvious reasons
  
• Make sure to DRAW a line for the route. It appears Google Maps limits the number of layers to 10
  

Here are a few personal examples of mine:

Motorcycle Routes 

Life Map 

Budapest Trip


As a way to utilize these maps here is the system I have used for a long time:

1) Download the "maps.me" app

2) Export the MM Road map via Google to a KML/KMZ file. These files are GPS files which are easily digestible by most GPS's. 


3) Download the map and email it to yourself



4) I'm not 100% about Android, but for iPhone you can open the KML/KMZ file with maps.me and it will have the entire route there for you to follow



5) Walah!