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Here's how to get directions to multiple places on Google Maps

Handy if you need to stop at different places for the one journey.

SOMETIMES YOU WILL need to make multiple stops when you’re travelling from one place to another, so you might be interested to know that on Google Maps, you can add three or more destinations to the directions list, turning it into one large journey.

To do this, you will need to be on the desktop version of Google Maps (there’s no real way to do this on iOS or Android alone) so search for directions like normal.

Then when you have entered the two locations in, you will see a plus icon underneath them. Clicking on this will allow you to add in a third destination or more, and you can drag them around in case the order isn’t correct.

 

Google Maps multiple locations

Now you can figure out how long it will take you to go from say Dublin to Cork and then to Galway.

Of course, there are some limitations. You won’t be able to factor in a departure or arrival time, and there’s no way to send this information to your phone at the moment, but you will know how much time you’ll be spending on the road.

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    Mute zebedee
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    Dec 16th 2015, 12:11 PM

    Driving around with a desk top on the dashboard is just too dangerous!

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    Dec 16th 2015, 12:06 PM

    Can you teach me how to tie my shoelaces next?

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    Mute Stephen Doyle
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    Dec 16th 2015, 12:39 PM

    The drinks holder tray stopped working on my computer. Has your tech guru any ideas?

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    Dec 16th 2015, 12:22 PM

    These tech articles are something else Quinton, keep them coming.

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    Dec 16th 2015, 12:06 PM

    Can you use this to get from one eircode to another?

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    Mute Richard
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    Dec 16th 2015, 12:54 PM

    What a colossal waste of taxpayers money that was. Literally no one has adopted its use. The best bit was that if you live in Dublin, you kept your post code and they just sent you 4 random, useless characters…

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    Mute Eugene Walsh
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    Dec 16th 2015, 1:10 PM

    When I read no real way to do this on ios android, I drifted off into foreign lands

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    Dec 16th 2015, 2:12 PM

    Ou est le Biblothequie?

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    Mute Pepper
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    Dec 16th 2015, 12:39 PM

    Any chance you might do something on siri? I’ve had it years and never looked under the hood. Too fcuking lazy to even talk to the phone.

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    Mute Marcas Ó Callanáin
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    Dec 16th 2015, 1:10 PM

    No link in the article to direct us to Google Maps. How ever will we find our way there, to attempt this magical map sorcery?

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Dec 16th 2015, 1:48 PM

    Have you tried entering google into one of the search engines?

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    Mute Stephen Doyle
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    Dec 16th 2015, 3:52 PM

    Neal you will break the Internet googling Google

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    Mute Simon Conneely
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    Dec 16th 2015, 1:10 PM

    Google maps was brilliant for me in spain trying to find destinations and places.

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    Dec 16th 2015, 1:16 PM

    Sure it’s amazing Simon

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    Mute Kaz Kork
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    Dec 16th 2015, 1:25 PM

    No need to talk slowly and loudly with a bad Spanish accent so like I do. “WHERO IS THE SHOPO”

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    Mute Damian O'Brien
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    Dec 16th 2015, 2:27 PM

    Just use Waze. Great free app, owned by google and so accurate.

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    Mute damian
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    Dec 16th 2015, 10:20 PM

    Good for traffic info alright. It feeds traffic info into Google Maps as well if you use that for navigation…

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    Mute Stefan Slattery
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    Dec 17th 2015, 12:24 AM

    This article is surely a joke!?

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    Mute fitzer
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    Dec 16th 2015, 10:26 PM

    Good if you got data on the mobile ,

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