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Whether you are about to go on a trip or explaining the directions of a place to somebody, a map can be of great help. Thanks to the internet there are a number of online resources where you can get maps from. Some online tools even let you create your own maps.

If you are looking for online tools to help you create maps and get directions, then check out our following list of 7 such tools that free to use. Read about each one and see which suits your needs best.

TravelersPoint

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TravelersPoint is a great website that lets you mark the route of any international trip you are taking. You can even mark out trips within your country. The entire process involves entering your destinations in their respective order. The resultant map can be a great help in getting an idea of the trip or in explaining it to friends. Check out TravelersPoint @ http://www.travellerspoint.com/member_map.cfm

GoWaza

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GoWaza is a web service that helps you plan your travels. You enter your destination, along with arrival and departure dates; consequently a list of nearby hotels and their prices are provided. The locations are marked on a small map that can be enlarged. You can share your created maps and trips with your friends that have accounts on GoWaza. Visit GoWaza @ http://www.gowaza.com/

UMapper

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UMapper is a thorough map creation tool. It starts off by letting you add a name and description to your map. You even get to choose your own map provider from Bing, Google, OpenStreetMap, CloudMade, CloudMade Stamen, and Yahoo; alternatively you can upload a custom map. After your map has loaded up you can use the site’s editing tools to do a number of things like add objects and images to the map. When done you can save your map as a KML file or export the ActionScript. Visit UMapper @ http://www.umapper.com/

ViaMente

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ViaMente will help users create routes on maps. This tool is ideal for explaining directions to friends or getting directions from them. Businesses can use it to better mark their offices on their websites. Check out ViaMente @ http://www.viamente.com/

MapMyRun

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MapMyRun is targeted at long runners. It helps people place markers on maps and indicate the places where there is land elevation. In addition to runners, hikers and cyclists will also find this online tool helpful. Check it out @ http://www.mapmyrun.com/

QuikMaps

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QuikMaps, as its name suggest, lets you quickly create maps. Through the site’s basic and easy tools you can draw lines on the map and place text and markers. Add a title plus description to your map too. When done save the map or embed it on your site or blog. Visit QuikMaps @ http://www.quikmaps.com/

DirectionsMap

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DirectionsMap lets you create routes on map through its easy tools. Where available you also add a Google Street View option to the map. The map can be saved or embedded on your own site or blog. Check out the service @ http://tripgeo.com/DirectionsMap.aspx

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Google Chart Tools

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Pingdom Tools

Pingdom Tool helps you test the load time of any web page. You would just need to enter a URL to test the load time of all elements on that page and you can view the list of objects either in load order or as a hierarchy.

CodeRun Studio

CodeRun Studio is a cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE), designed for the cloud. It enables you to easily develop, debug and deploy web applications using your browser.

CSS Menu Builder

This is a huge collection of ready to build 300+ horizontal menus, 700+ vertical menus combinations and breadcrumb menus that consist of more than 200+ combinations, in total this site offers more than 1000 menu combinations not including the endless color combinations.

Variable Grid

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247webmonitoring

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PHPanywhere

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Load Impact

Load Impact generates simulated user traffic to your site – for example it might simulate that 50 users are trying to load your web pages at the same time. While simulating the traffic from these 50 users, it also records how fast pages are loaded from your server. This lets you know how fast your site is (as experienced by a user) when it is being accessed by 50 users at the same time.

CSS Type Set

A real handy css creation tool where you can easily create CSS stylesheet without any css coding skills.

Adobe BrowserLab

An easier and faster solution for cross-browser testing. You can preview and test your web pages on leading browser and operating systems. This will help you get your results in real time, from virtually any computer connected to the internet.

codepaste

CodePaste provides an easy and convenient way to send/share PHP, C++, Javascript, Java, CSS, Actionscript and HTML code with others. Copy and paste the code and enter the email where you want the CodePaste to send it. CodePaste then nicely formats the code and sends it over.