How to change the route on Google Maps

Google Maps is an important part of moving in modern life. This tool helps you find your way in strange places and remember the points you want to visit again at a later date.

However, when it comes to mapping a route from start to destination, sometimes the program still uses outdated information to plan, making transportation more difficult. Meanwhile, you know a more convenient route.

Here's how you can take care of routing and manually importing your own routes into Google Maps.

Plan a route on the desktop

1. Open Google Maps in your browser and place the starting point as well as the area you want to go. The map calculates the shortest route according to the information available, displayed on the screen as a blue dotted line connecting the starting point to the destination.

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2. Click the point on the blue path where you want to change the route.

3. Now, drag the point in the direction you want until the blue line is in the right position on the new path you want to go. The instructions shown on the left of the page will automatically change to reflect the new route.

4. Continue selecting different points on the green line until you have outlined the entire route you want to go.

Route planning on Android phones

1. Open Google Maps on your Android phone and enter the destination. This time, choose a gray line that represents one of the many alternative routes that may appear at a particular intersection.

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2. Touch the gray line and it will replace the original blue line, indicating the previous route. The other gray routes will still be visible and you can continue to select other gray lines until you map out your favorite route.

3. After you have dragged the highlighted new routes to the desired locations, other routes will disappear from the screen, leaving you with driving directions tailored to the new route.

Trust Maps decisions!

Remember that Google Maps determines the route not only based on the accessibility of the roads involved, but also traffic congestion, weather conditions and a host of other factors, to make things work. Your move takes as little time as possible. So consider carefully before changing the travel itinerary offered by Google Maps.