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Getting Started

Home Page
The goal of Vacation Road is to make finding fun places to go easier. The home page displays two text fields. Enter into the first text field the city and state of where your trip will start from. Enter into the second text field the approximate mileage of how far you want to drive. Click the 'Explore' button.
Map Page
The map page will display a highlighted area on a map. The highlighted area represents the area from your start location to the maximum mileage distance entered. Above the map will be a toolbar. The toolbar fields allow the user to update their search. The first text field is where the trip will begin. The second text field is the maximum driving distance. The series of buttons display various areas of interest on the map. These areas of interest include:
  • Sightseeing: displays fun areas to visit
  • Places to Stay: displays hotels in the area to stay at
  • Shopping: displays places to go shopping
  • Food: displays places to eat at
  • Fitness/Outdoor Recreation: displays hiking areas, golf courses, bike trails, etc
  • Travel Transportation: displays public transportation options

The 'Within' text field controls the maximum distance from the start location in which to show the selected areas of interest.
If the 'Start Location' checkbox is checked, the user may click anywhere on the map to change the start location and the areas of interest. The new start location will be used as the location from which the areas of interest will be displayed within the chosen distance.
If the 'Start Location' checkbox is not checked, the user may hold the CTRL key and click anywhere on the map to update the areas of interest. The clicked location will be used as the location from which the areas of interest will be displayed within the chosen distance. The start location will not change.

The user may hold the ALT key and click anywhere on the map. This will display a popup box with the following information:
  • Address of the location that was clicked
  • Travel time, in hours, to drive from the start location to the clicked location
  • Distance, in miles, to drive from the start location to the clicked location


The map will display markers for each selected area of interest location. A panel on the right displays text information for each area of interest location. Highlighting the text information will open an information box pointing to the corresponding marker on the map.

The text information boxes in the right hand panel may be reordered by hovering the mouse over a text information box until an X appears. At this point, click the mouse and move the text information box to it's new position in the list.