Thursday, August 23, 2007

Google has made it easy to map

When I am writing a blog or adding things to our website that has a location I like to have a map. But I have always just had to link over to a map on Google, Yahoo or Mapquest. Well Google has made it much easier to ad a map right on your page. In just 3 easy steps:
  1. Go to maps.google.com and search for an address.
  2. Click “Link to this page” in the top right-hand corner. Copy the text that you see in the second box.
  3. Paste that code onto your blog or website. (It looks like they are using an “IFRAME” in order to make it work. )

Here's an example:


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2 comments:

LyndaEisenmann said...

Hi Gregg,
Thanks for the great info, I'll give it a try.

A question, does it always show up in a big square like this, or could it show up at a link in a word document like a post?

Thanks for sharing, I'm anxious to try it out!

August 23, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Gregg Franklin said...

On the maps.google.com it offers you a choice of a link or an embed (map on
the page) It also allows you to pick the size of the map.

August 23, 2007 at 4:39 PM

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