Google Releases YouTube-Style Embedded Maps

As announced earlier, Google Maps released the feature in the Google Maps, where you can easily embed map codes in blogs, websites. It is as easy as getting codes from YouTube videos.

Google announced last week that it will release a new feature in Google Maps by which the user can get the direction information in the map and embed the codes in blogs, web pages. Today, Google provided this feature to get the codes for the map locations and share it with the users. Here is how to get these embed codes for maps. 1. Visit Google Maps at http://maps.google.com 2. Get the directions or markers of any particular region, here I chose Manhattan, New York. 3. Click “Link to this Page” 4. It gives two options either to get the link of that particular Google Maps page or copy the HTML embed codes for web pages. 5. Copy the Embed codes and paste it in your web page. To see a larger view of the map, the user can click the link below the video snapshot shown. This new feature is available in the following countries besides the US: UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia. And available in the following languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Japanese, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Welsh, Faroese and Chinese (TW). Very simple to use, this feature will help the user to find directions and addresses very easily than just the address details. This embed map code feature is useful for parties, weddings, arranging meetings, conferences etc. This new feature sets Google Maps apart from its competitors, Mapquest, MSN Maps.