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Put a Google map in your web page | Put a Google map in your web page |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Wednesday, 22 August 2007 | |
Google has added a feature to Google Maps that enable users to insert any map available through Google Maps into their own web page, or to send link to it in an email or instant message.Featured Whitepaper
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Google says that the embedded map is fully interactive: users can drag and click or zoom in on a location, and view it in map, satellite, and hybrid modes. It suggests that user will find this feature helpful in a number of ways: - a business could add a map of its location to its website, with links to directions and more information on Google Maps; - a blogger write about a restaurant or a place they have visited and embed a map of the location in the blog post itself; - an individuals could update their personal website by publishing maps of geotagged vacation photos or creating sophisticated maps mashups using the simple tools available in the My Maps tab. The ability to embed maps is available for Google Maps users in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia. The feature is available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Japanese, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Welsh, Faroese and Chinese.{moscomment} |
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