Route Planner China/Shanghai

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Route Planner China/Shanghai
May 9, 2008 07:12
GCLON Points: Join Date: May 9, 2008 Status: offline	Hi all! We are planning a trip to China. Is there an online route planner for China/Shanghai? It's like the ones for Europe, where you put in Start point (address/postcode/place of interest etc) and Destination of where you want to go, and it gives you step by step driving directions, total travelling time, distance in km etc? Thank you gc_lon

May 9, 2008 07:34	#1
ELLYSE Points: Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Status: Offline	None that I know of. Foreign travellers aren't allowed to self-drive in China (unless you go through a mountain of paperwork and pay through the nose) so it wouldn't be of any practical use either.

May 9, 2008 07:34	#2
ELLYSE Points: Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Status: Offline	Qualification to my earlier statement: None that I know of, in ENGLISH. I've found at least 2 in Chinese.

May 9, 2008 08:36	#3
GCLON Points: Join Date: May 9, 2008 Status: Offline	Thanks, ELLYSE! I wasn't actually going to drive myself, we'll be travelling by coach. Just wanted to know and plan timing for the trip, and we'll have to work something out now. Shame I don't speak Chinese:) Thanks anyway, Andy

May 9, 2008 09:00	#4
GCLON Points: Join Date: May 9, 2008 Status: Offline	ELLYSE, which ones are the ones you know in Chinese?

May 9, 2008 20:05	#5
ELLYSE Points: Join Date: Oct 30, 2005 Status: Offline	http://ditu.google.cn http://www.mapbar.com Actually, if you read English-language guidebooks eg Lonely Planet, most of them would tell you the amount of time taken by bus/train for popular routes. Distance is not necessarily relative to amount of time taken either.

May 10, 2008 03:53	#6
SGAYIWU Points: Join Date: May 4, 2008 Status: Offline	GCLON, one choice is write your departure and destinations here. a lot of people will help you check out.

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