Google Maps: fast routes from a fixed point¶
Whenever I want to find the route to somewhere, say to Cherry Red’s in Birmingham, I go to the address bar in Chrome and type
to Cherry Red's <enter>
This brings up the route from my university:
To get this, open chrome://settings/searchEngines (you’ll have to copy-paste that link), and fill in a new entry:
New engine: Route to Keyword: toURL: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/from:+university+of+birmingham+to:+%s
To use your own starting place, replace university+of+birmingham with something of your choice without any special characters; replace spaces by plusses.
