Tip: How to Post Driving Direction and Map to a Duffel
This is the first of the how-to / tips & tricks series. How-to series are created to educate users on how to maximize the potential of using Duffel. Hope you’ll find them helpful!
Problem: When I was planning my trip to Greece, I realized that I need walking & driving directions from point to point. How do I save this in my duffel? This post illustrates the utilization of Google Maps driving direction and its application to your trip planning process. The tutorial assumes that you print out your duffels using “print view” and carry them while traveling. Follow the procedure below and you’ll have a good-looking print view with driving directions.
1) Find driving / walking directions on maps.google.com. In this example, I’m plotting directions from SFO International Airport to San Francisco, Ca.
2) After the direction has been plotted, click the “Link” link on the top right of the map. Copy the HTML in “Past HTML to embed in website”.
3) Go to your duffel and add a Note. Paste the HTML in the Note body. (Optional) Since I like large maps, I changed the width to “600” (from “425”) and height to “600” as well (from “350”). You can also add any note you need to the beginning or the end of the HTML; I pasted the actual text of the driving direction.
4) Save the Note, and it will look something like this (pretty ugly, I know).
5) Fear not. The final print view looks much prettier.
Hope this is helpful getting driving directions in your duffels. You can also look at a real-life example here (grid view here). Enjoy!
