If you can arrange everything you need on-screen (perhaps opening only one of the alternate directions), make a screen-shot and paste that into an image editor such as MS Paint, Linux GIMP or IrfanView, then print from that application. An advantage of this is that you can adjust contrast and crop the image for best printing.
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How do I download a map from Google Maps?
How do I copy and paste a map from Google Maps?
Can you print from Google Earth?
Maps is really frustrating me right now.
I made a route across the country and saved it to My Maps. I tried to print it, and it just wants to print the big map with no directions. I can click to get a little pop-up window with simple directions (no distance/time info). If I try to print with that open, it looks the same in the print preview - a big map with a pop-up window showing part of the simple directions.
I started a new directions search as a test (not the route I want to take). I then clicked My Places, and somehow ended up adding the test route to the real route I had saved - and it added the test route to the real route automatically without asking!!! I can't find a way to delete the test route from the real route now. I'm going to have to make it all from scratch. Then, once I have it saved as a new map, I still don't know how to print the directions.
I've used Maps a lot for printing simple directions. I guess this is the first time I've tried from a map I saved. This should be easy.
Any help would be very appreciated.
Edit: I keep trying to make new maps and Google Maps is killing me! It's not clear how to save a route vs saving just one point on the map.
Edit2: Okay, I remember I have to scroll down to the bottom of the directions list to save the route to my maps. Still, once I open the saved map, I don't know how to print the directions.
If you can arrange everything you need on-screen (perhaps opening only one of the alternate directions), make a screen-shot and paste that into an image editor such as MS Paint, Linux GIMP or IrfanView, then print from that application. An advantage of this is that you can adjust contrast and crop the image for best printing.
The best solution I came up with is to:
- take a screenshot of the map (Alt + Printscreen),
- open Microsoft Word with a new document,
- set the page layout to Landscape,
- paste (Ctrl + V) and crop the map screenshot,
- take a screenshot of the instructions (Alt + Printscreen),
- paste that in Microsoft Word, and
- crop it to fit side by side with the map.
I was trying to print directions for a coworker in google maps today and I could not figure out how to print the map in the new interface. I could go to the classic view and print, but was unable to the new maps.
I am using Chrome as my browser.
You can download a printable section of Google Maps by following these steps:
- Open Google Maps on your computer.
- Search for the location you want to print.
- Click on the three lines at the top left corner of the screen.
- Select “Print” from the drop-down menu. Enter notes if required. (Optional)
- Click on “Print” at the top right corner of the screen.
- Select “Save as PDF” from the "Destination" drop-down menu.
- Adjust the print options to fit your needs. Change "Orientation" to Landscape to fit the map better. Click on "More Settings" to see more options.
- Click "Save".
- Choose filename and destination location.
- Click "Save".
try acrobat pro which creates pdf, I think your file will be vector based, which you can zoom in and out. but sure you will lose some information still..
Try this:
var content = document.getElementByID('mapMainCanvas'); //has to be first.
var win = window.open();
win.document.write(content);
win.print();
win.close();
I hope it will work!
(Please let me know if it does or not.)
Could you create a print stylesheet and use a CSS to make it only print out the map, by hiding everything else? You may need to fiddle with classes using jQuery/other if you want users to be able to print that page normally.
Instructions on starting with print stylesheets can be found here: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/24/how-to-set-up-a-print-style-sheet/