Google Maps Adds Dead Easy Map Embedding

window.document.getElementById(‘post-3845’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Google has added a long-awaited feature to Google Maps, one that makes it as easy to embed a Google Map as it is to embed a YouTube video. In fact, it’s almost the same procedure.
Just open any map of anything, either a specific location, driving directions, a MyMaps user-created mashup, or anything in between, and click “Link to this page”. You’ll get a frame with a text box containing your embed code, and you can paste it anywhere that supports it, including blogs and social networks. There’s even a link to go to another page to customize your map, editing the size of the map.
Here’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, near my home:
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And some driving directions:
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Try as I might, I can’t embed a MyMaps map. No matter what I do, the embedded map just shows the location, not the […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg