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The Google Maps has landed… on the blog.

Yup, you can now embed Google Maps into your blog, like the ones you normally do with YouTube videos.

So, whenever post directions on your blog, you can always accompany that with a map. Here’s a vicinity map to my house in Makati:


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All you gotta do is browse the map you want to use and click on the “Link to this page” found at the top right part of the page. Two forms will appear — one on the link to the map and another HTML code you can copy and paste in your blog.

Complete instructions and samples here.

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22 Responses to “The Google Maps has landed… on the blog.”


  1. Gravatar Icon dennis replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 2:23 am (1)

    Thought of doing a similar app a year ago. Good thing I didn’t cause here comes google doing the same thing.

  2. Gravatar Icon Shutter Box Philippines replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 am (2)

    nice new feature ;-)

    I see bangkal st. How far away are you from SpareStrike Abe?

  3. Gravatar Icon ralphot replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 8:44 am (3)

    hmmm… for some reason di ko makita… Error daw. maybe it’s blocked by our proxy?

  4. Gravatar Icon Jon Limjap replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 9:47 am (4)

    Sa Evangelista ka lang pala. Lapit lang ako, sa Cabrera. Recognized the area immediately! Haha :p

  5. Gravatar Icon yuga replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 10:17 am (5)

    @dennis, good thing you didn’t, sayang sana oras mo. :D

    @SBP, about 50 meters north-west of SpareStike. :D

    @Jon, yay! neighbor!

    @ralph, firewall!

  6. Gravatar Icon marhgil replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am (6)

    parang kita ko rin ang bahay ko sa mapa ah. :)

  7. Gravatar Icon Aiza replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 am (7)

    Hehe, i was once hooked on google maps too, mapping out everyone’s addresses that I know. I’ll embed my address on my site too. Thanks for the tip!

  8. Gravatar Icon Eugene replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 12:12 pm (8)

    Hmmm, so I guess WordPress accepts IFRAME HTML elements? I haven’t checked whether the Google Maps HTML code will pass unscathed in LiveJournal and Multiply. Of course, Blogger, being a Google property accepts it. :)

  9. Gravatar Icon ramil replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 1:02 pm (9)

    yay! this is nice. i’ve been meaning to write some code to use the google map API to document some of the travels I did here in Japan.

    Now it’s as easy as cut and paste :D

  10. Gravatar Icon heart replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm (10)

    wee. i saw you on tv :) WOW!

  11. Gravatar Icon Eli replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 2:10 pm (11)

    yep, i see magallanes MRT station.. my favorite MRT station.. :)

    this is cool, now if you want to meet up with friends, you can post the instruction plus location on your blog. ;)

  12. Gravatar Icon es-i-ow replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 3:04 pm (12)

    I thought that feature was already available before? This website is using something similar:
    http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+classifieds/id/48949/RUSH+SALE%3A+CORNER+HOUSE+%26+LOT+IN+PRIME+SUB

  13. Gravatar Icon ramil replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 5:55 pm (13)

    @es-i-ow: yup, it was available before, they just made it way easier to do .

  14. Gravatar Icon Miguel
    Twitter: mparaz
    replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 6:05 pm (14)

    Next… Pinoy Street Maps on Google.

    Wishing!

  15. Gravatar Icon Eugene replied on Aug 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm (15)

    @Miguel, it’s only a matter of time. Google just has to buy/license some local GIS’ company’s street database, and mapcentral.ph already has an online database (with a Web 1.0 interface–ewww). On the other hand, there’s OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org) in the meantime. :)

  16. Gravatar Icon Chris replied on Aug 23rd, 2007 at 1:58 pm (16)

    Naku, bkt mo pinost ang mapa ng address mo kuya? After the Mel and Jay episode last Sunday disclosing that u r earning $5k a month, baka magkaron ka ng stalker! (Joke lang po) :)

  17. Gravatar Icon Chris replied on Aug 23rd, 2007 at 2:00 pm (17)

    Ooops, Mel and Joey pala. my bad.

  18. Gravatar Icon peejay replied on Aug 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 pm (18)

    sana google will update their photos of the philippines. most areas outside NCR are still blurred, except some parts of region 3 and 4A. even boracay doesn’t have clear close up shots yet.

  19. Gravatar Icon Aiza replied on Aug 23rd, 2007 at 3:42 pm (19)

    oo nga, come to think of it, trinoma’s still not on the map and even sm north’s the block

  20. Gravatar Icon KK replied on Aug 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 pm (20)

    Oh that’s so cool! I can now put maps on my blog too!

  21. Gravatar Icon PinoyBusiness.ORG replied on Dec 2nd, 2007 at 2:17 am (21)

    I’ll still settle with wikimapia since the intricacy of the mapped version of google maps is still not that accurate.

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