Google Map Question for the hive mind

[jennythereader]

Does anyone know a way to make Google maps zoom out to specific distances? What I want to be able to do is something like center it on my house and then zoom to 2 miles (my recreational walking range), or center it on Albany and zoom to 100 miles (recreational driving range).

If you can't zoom to a specific distance, can you tell it to draw a circle with a specified radius?

Comments

[nounsandverbs]

Well, if you have a recent edition of Google Maps for Android ...

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/07/download-map-area-added-to-labs-in.html

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I'll check that out. Thanks!

[xoder.livejournal.com]

Cartoo might do what you need. Check out some of the caveats at MetaFilter.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links. I'll look in to Cartoo.