Google Releases Google Map API

June 29, 2005 | Toys and Gadgets | By: Mark VandeWettering

Now, you can embed google maps into your own websites. Like, well, this:

Okay, it’s not working right yet. I’m still trying to figure it out. Okay, got it working. Problem was that trying to insert script elements into a wordpress post was problematic because it insists on mangling quote characters. I’ll post again when I have this all figured out.

I’ve disabled the above, since it doesn’t work properly from comments and the archive.

Oh, forgot the link to the API description.

Addendum: The Text Control plugin allows you to disable funky quote remapping on a post, which keeps the Javascript from being mangled. Check it out.

Addendum 2: Check this out. Heh.

Comments

Comment from Dan Lyke
Time 6/30/2005 at 7:43 am

Still not working right for me, keeps complaining about the website license code being wrong.

Comment from Wayne Wooten
Time 6/30/2005 at 8:35 am

Hmmm. It complains that the API key was generated for another site
and does not let me see the map. This whole API key business seems
lame to me, I simply want to slurp the tiles for my own nefarious
purposes. I guess having the API key lets me do that more easily now
however…