Sharing a Google Map with family and friends

Pt. 3 of 10 | 3:00 |

Planning a Road Trip with Google Maps

Wednesday January 27, 2010

Many hands make light work, two heads are better than one, and other cliches too numerous to mention — with Google Maps, you can invite

collaborators to join in and edit or just view your map.

If there's a point of interest one of your trip mates particularly wants to see, for example, he or she can drop a marker and plan the route such that leads to said point of interest.

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Show Notes

- If you're

planning your trip with another family or friend

, or if you just want your families input on places to see or stay, then you can collaborate on your map.

- First, select the map that you wish to share and click on 'collaborate.'

- Enter in the email addresses of the people who you want to be able to add things to them map.

- You can allow collaborators to invite others to view the map and allow others to be able to edit it.

- The people you invited will receive an email and when they click on the link they'll see the map you created.

- They can sign into their Google account, save it to their maps, and add things that they want to do along the way.

- When you log back into your map you'll see any changes that were made and any items that have been added.

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