328511 Sun Sep 24 16:54:48 -0700 2006 7 29 Not About Food 0 1898591 There are so many restaurants mentioned that I'd like to try as a result of reading about them on Chowhound. If I noted their addresses in a big text list, is there a way to throw them all at once onto a Google map? - Can I do that just by logging into a Google account and saving those as favorite locations? - Or is there some other Google-esque software that would plot all the restaurants on a map at once? That's really what I'd like to do so if I was in an area, I could pull up the map, see what's nearby that I want to try, and go chow. Sun Sep 24 16:54:48 -0700 2006 40486 Cinnamon 1 1898600 If you have Microsoft Streets and Trips (which you can often get very heap with promotional discounts) it's a very simple process to put names and addresses into a file (like an (Excel spreadsheet) and pull them into a map. Streets and Trips does almost a good a job at address matching as GIS software costing hundreds of dollars. Sun Sep 24 17:00:02 -0700 2006 1898591 10255 Gary Soup 1 1898634 Google Earth (free) can plot multiple locations. Google Maps can't, yet. Sun Sep 24 17:13:30 -0700 2006 1898591 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 1899273 I do just this with Google Earth. Then when I'm heading somewhere I can fly to the area and check out the restaurants, food shops, farms or other interesting places. I keep an Excel spreadsheet with loads of matching info. I decided to do the spreadsheet to keep links to reviews, Chow discussions and other info about each place. http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html I've even decided to leave the places on the map when I've tried them--if I want to go back. Sometimes you really don't want to try something new-- and you do want to taste a special taste again. Sun Sep 24 23:04:22 -0700 2006 1898591 21331 BostonZest 2 1899786 Thanks - I'll be trying this. :) Mon Sep 25 05:07:47 -0700 2006 1899273 40486 Cinnamon 1 1909820 If you're technical and into JavaScript, you can use Google Maps' API to create a map with multiple markers and embed it in a web page. It's a cool feature, but it looks too complicated for anyone but an experienced web developer. For more information, see: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ For examples of how people have used this feature, see: http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ Today, the first item is America's Drunkest Cities, based on the Forbes article. (I'm so proud to be from the #2 city!) Anne Fri Sep 29 00:08:15 -0700 2006 1898591 12541 AnneInMpls 1 1913095 Wayfaring.com works with Google maps to do exactly what you're requesting. You can click on the map to set up "waypoints" which will pop up text information when you move the cursor over them. A tip - while Wayfaring.com works with Internet Explorer I've had better luck using Firefox. Sat Sep 30 14:47:23 -0700 2006 1898591 10162 Bob Martinez 1 1931227 Thanks. I love Wayfaring's interface but had a bunch of problems with it in Internet Explorer. It kept putting an L.A. address in Berkeley, and then no matter how I tried to enter the street address of a restaurant, the actual street address kept disappearing in the list view and only the town would stay. I did find MapBuilder.net however, which does much the same as Wayfaring, apparently - has worked great so far. Not quite as simple an interface but definitely decent. Sun Oct 08 18:41:18 -0700 2006 1898591 40486 Cinnamon