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August 14, 2007 12:08 PM PDT

Adding a Google Map to your blog

by Elinor Mills

Google will be releasing a new feature next week that will enable people to easily embed a Google Map into their Web site or blog, just like you can do with a YouTube video. No coding or programming required; just copying and pasting a snippet of HTML, a Google spokeswoman says.

Google Maps

"To embed a Google Map, users will simply pull up the map they want to embed--it can be a location, a business, series of driving directions, or a My Map they have created--and then click 'Link to this page' and copy and paste the HTML into their Web site or blog," the spokeswoman said.

The map will be fully interactive, with the ability for users to drag and click or zoom in on a location. The maps will include satellite and hybrid modes.

I predict a Google Map on every blog.

The APC Mag blog first got the news from Google Australia.

Originally posted at News Blog
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
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too bad for iWeb
by deakinng August 14, 2007 3:50 PM PDT
this is just the same as new iWeb's new feature~ and it makes new
iWeb one more thing less special
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Tour
by demiphonic August 14, 2007 7:48 PM PDT
I'll add one of sure. It will be very useful in giving directions..... or even Tours of your country / state online to friends etc.
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by ndnookala September 16, 2008 10:29 PM PDT
Hi,

This is really a nice feature, just added with some steps into my blog :)
http://ndnookala.blogspot.com/2008/09/adding-interactive-maps-to-your-blog.html

Regards
- Naga
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