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Google Maps already provides a way for you to share routes, Routebuilder is duplicating that functionality (even if it makes it easier) which is a violation of

Google Maps already provides a way for you to share routes, Routebuilder is duplicating that functionality (even if it makes it easier) which is a violation of Google Maps' ToS.

ocdtrekkie 11y ago
Being better than Google is clearly a reason Google would want to shut you down.
Someone1234 11y ago
> Google Maps already provides a way for you to share routes Does it? Where? Map Maker doesn't do what the article claims it does. It doesn't try to reproduce Routebuilder at all. It allows you to fix errors in Google Map's data, it isn't useful for creating new custom routes for specific purposes (e.g. races, sightseeing, etc).
- teraflop 11y ago
  The author might have been thinking of the similarly-named "My Maps".
- kbrosnan 11y ago
  Here is an example of a Google maps route from Providence to Boston for bicycling, https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=en-US&mid=zH358fz1z920.kAlJZ89Jw4Kc https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=en-US&mid=zH358fz1z920...