Below is a list of preferred mapping tools to help make your driving life a little easier on the road. Check out all the different trucking maps and find the one that fits your driver needs.
- Onsite Trucking Maps -
All maps below are good maps used for specific locations that can be printed out for drivers so they can see the entire facility or end destination. It's a good picture of a specific location. Each driving map has a brief description below the link.
- Fresh Logic
Atlas is one of the best in detail Atlas maps on the internet. Although, it does take a long time to load sometimes, this Atlas can be used for the entire Globe! This is a fun mapping tool to play around with and look at different places around the world.
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Ask Maps
Ask Maps is a very good mapping tool that is user friendly and generally doesn?t take a while to load. This mapping software shows you a great map if you want to see surrounding streets and or where your end location is located at. This map however is not the best for point to point moves. This version of Ask Maps is currently only used within the United States because it only has the U.S. as it only country mapped. This is a very easy map to print out and gives you good enough detail to get around.
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Google Maps
Google Maps is a very productive tool that is fun to play around with. The Satellite feature is pretty neat because it allows you to se an actual satellite image of a specific address! This tool however is not very efficient if you are looking for a great map to print out. The printing on these maps is about a 1 out of 10!
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Multi Maps
This is a tool that is also fun to play around with. This tool with give you a good picture of whatever destination your looking for; however it?s not the best for print outs of your final location. It also sometimes takes a little long to load. This is only available for looking throughout the United States.
Mapping Tools great for Point to Point Directions
All maps below are great point to point trucking maps that a driver can use to get from their pick up location to their final delivery destination without getting lost. Each trucking map has a brief description below the link.
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Rand McNally Maps
Rand McNally has a good point to point tool for directions. However, I would not take the actual miles and the estimated time that seriously because they short you on the miles with this software program.
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Map Quest
Map Quest has been around for and has established itself as the industry leader when it comes to point to point directions on the internet.
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Yahoo Maps
Yahoo Maps is a great map for point to point directions. Although its actual print out of the finial destination isn?t the best detailed map, the point to point directions are good enough to get you where you need to go without getting lost.
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Local Maps
MSN Maps is an okay mapping tool. You can zoom in as close as you want to by scrolling your mouse and clicking on the point that you would like to see on the map. Its point to point directions are definitely its strong points.
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Maps on Us
This mapping tool has both good directions and a good map to zoom in on certain locations. Although it?s not the best, it can definitely serves it purpose getting people from point a to point b without getting lost. This is of course assuming that the certain individual is able to follow directions.
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Maps
This website gives you good point to point directions, however, the map could definitely be better.