I ran across a cool feature of Google (while reading the "Arlo & Janis" website) and so I created one for myself -- a personal map where people who read my blog can put markers to where they live.
Here's the link to it, and I will put the link near the top of the sidebar of the blog page for future reference.
If it works like it's supposed to, you can use the zoom bar along the side to expand the map out to see the entire U.S. (or more), or you can magnify down to street-level. And then, you can use an option to add a marker. For me, it was as simple as right-clicking while my mouse was over a spot on the map.
Don't feel you have to use the "street level" precision. I just think it would be cool to see Mike's marker in Seattle, Pete's marker in Fort Collins, etc.
The Internet is a strange and wonderful set of arcane wizardry, don't you think?
2 comments:
Steve, is it possible that you can link to the map so that the map opens in a new IE window? Or is that based on my settings?
Mike, I'm not sure. When I use Firefox, I can right-click the link and ask it to open in a new window or a new tab. Does IE allow that?
I've never learned the HTML to launch a link in a new window. I should look around.
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