Sweet map code has been flowing from my programming cortex, through rusty fingers on a lighted keyboard, and upward to the cloud. This latest iteration of a Google Maps direction service incorporates a little Text button at the top, next to the map options.
When you click on it the text directions disappear and the map is rendered again without them. Click again to bring them back. Also note the custom green route line.
The map incorporates a new mode, US Road Atlas, which emulates the classic Rand McNally map style. The front-end is a simple From / To interface, available here.
Here’s the map with directions text off.
