Google maps with directions for your blog

Thanks to Google’s API, it’s now possible to add state of the art mapping features to your website with all the power and sophistication of “the big boys”. For free.

Normally, gettting the setup to work can be a bit tricky for non-programmers. So I’ve added this little utility which creates “cut and paste” code for any web site.

Google mapping with driving directions

Just run the utility. Copy the code. Then go over to your wordpress admin section, select “Write” then “Write Page”,
add a title (“Directions to my location”) for the link, and paste the code.

You’re done.

Now if someone would just make it easy to get people to actually come to my blog…