The Parking Finder Map App helps users find a place to park their car. The Distance Calculator App will get us to our destination, and now we’ll need to find a place to park safely. Now, we need a parking spot to let the car cool off and enjoy that cool ocean breeze. After enjoying the beautiful Pacific Coast, we get to San Diego and head down to the waterfront. Clicking on any of the gas stations found on the left-hand navigation of the app will recenter the map to the respective gas station.Īlright! So, we’ve decided to drive, we’re fueled up and on our way. There’s also a link to get directions from within Bing Maps. Clicking on any of the pins will pop up a callout that gives you the same information, plus the last date and time the information was updated. You’ll notice the branded icons on the left navigation panel with name, address, and price information per station along with pins on the map. ![]() Starting the Gas Prices Map App loads all gas stations as soon as you ask it’s as quick as the Distance Calculator App because they are all supported by Bing Places and Bing Maps. So, while Union 76 is $5.90 per gallon, there’s a Shell station that’s $5.52 per gallon and that is a significant difference of 38 cents per gallon, so it does pay to shop around before you leave. This allows us to see where these gas stations are relative to our route. Because we can have two map apps running simultaneously in different browser pages, we can see our route from Seattle to San Diego still on the map. ![]() So, we’ll look closer at the beginning of our route in Seattle and find the closest gas station with the best price. It also doubles as a gas station finder app. The Gas Prices Map feature is pretty self-explanatory – it finds gas prices within a 5-mile radius of where you’re searching. However, the whole idea was to drive along the coast, so let’s set off on the route from Seattle to San Diego and figure out the cost of gas using the Gas Prices Map App. We should note that the top right options also offer Dark road, Aerial and Streetside modes. The location list provides the calculation next to the destination from the previous stop, so now we can see the distance from Seattle to Vegas and Vegas to Phoenix, in addition to the whole trip. So, now driving from Seattle to Vegas to is about 1,247 miles and driving all the way through to Phoenix is 1,541 miles. The Distance Calculator App will add the summation of all points as the result. We could also add stops on our journey by simply typing over with another location in the box - like Phoenix, AZ. Moving the end points will not only change the destination (or origin), but it will also reverse geocode the location (estimate the address where you moved the pin). Before adding that stop we could see it is about 1255 miles to take the more western coastal route versus 1268 miles for the inland route so that was an easy choice! We can now also decide if it is worth adding Newport, OR as it extends the distance to 1366 miles. We can now add a stop to say, Newport, OR to visit the Aquarium on the Oregon Coast. ![]() There’s also a route line drawn on the map to represent the driving directions. Using "Add Destination" will allow you to add points of interest along the way and you can re-order these and the route will be recalculated. You can also click and drag the route itself to take different roads as you see fit.Ĭlick the "Go" button and the map will calculate the fastest route distance between Seattle and San Diego. Just like you might expect, the Distance Calculation app allows users to tweak map settings. So, next to the arrow directions icon you’ll see just how many miles it is to drive, transit or walk from Seattle to San Diego (you can also switch to kilometers). With each input a flag is placed on the map and, after you select San Diego, a distance calculation will kick in and calculate the distance for one or more routes. Then, enter “San Diego.” There are multiple places in the world called San Diego, so select “San Diego, CA” from the disambiguation list box. You’ll see it added to the list below the input box. Enter “Seattle” in the “Add a Place” box in the left-hand navigation. The Bing Maps Distance Calculator App will generate the distance between two places on the map. We’ve heard the drive is beautiful, especially along the Oregon coast, so let’s calculate the driving distance using the Bing Maps Distance Calculator App. The first thing we want to do is figure out how far it is from Seattle to San Diego, as well as find nearby gas stations with an easy map experience. It is raining in Seattle today (surprise, surprise), so we have decided to head to San Diego for the weekend as the weather should be better there.
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