Idea for New Travel Map Tool

I recently did a map of my recent trip to Jordan manually in paintbrush, but would love to find an online tool that would automate this a bit.

The idea is that a traveler could select cities or destinations and apply an 'order of travel' to the list. The tool would then draw a map connecting the destinations. There would be options to apply 'dates' to each destination, and the opportunity to click through to pictures and stories for each.

It could be an easy way to share an itinerary with friends, and to provide more context to travel pictures and stories. Has anyone seen a tool like this out there?

Comments

[tania]

Hello Heida,
How r u ?
How was your trip to jordan ? U remember me I'm tania from Morocco.

I guess that jordan is different than Morocco but still an arabic and muslim country. I'm sure u have some pictures to share with us ;)

sorry but I can't help u with that new tool that u r wishing to have

Good luck
see u soon

[fantasy writer guy]

The software application MapInfo comes to mind but it's more a database program for serious db analysts. You'd have to factor in a lot of programming to arrive at the kind of package you're after.

[Heida Biddle]

Thanks FWG! I'll check that out. I also found some mashups with google maps that provide a few of the things I'd like to see. But none take it quite all the way.

Cheers!

Heida

[Heida Biddle]

Hi Tania - I'm glad you were able to stop by!

Cheers!

heida