Bernhard Hensler

short instructions how to add a Google map to your blog

1. install Google Map Plugin, download from Avi’s Blog and read this excellent guideline
2. open Google Earth and create a new folder under my places
3. search for your place of interest, add a placemark, description, icon, add HTML text etc.
4. make sure to add your new placemark to your folder (step 2)
5. rightclick your folder entry and save as .kml file, copy .kml file to your WordPress server
6. in Google Earth open “file/view in Google Maps”, in Google Maps then adjust zoom settings, “map/satellite”, rightclick to “center map here” etc, finally click on “link to page”
7. create a new post and add following HTML code replacing “center of map” and .kml information

<dl title=”googlemap;w:100%;h:600″ id=”montenegro-kml”> <dt><a href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=42.510577,18.852539&spn=1.289677,2.958069&z=9&om=1″>Center of map</a></dt> <dt><a href=”http://bernhard.hensler.net/blog/wp-content/gmaps/Montenegro.kml” title=”kml”>places in montenegro </a></dt> </dl>

Or use google maps:

1. Go to Google Maps, find the spot you want to show, select Map, Satelite or Hybrid view buttons, double-click on the most important point on the map to centralized it, and define the zoom factor you want.

2. On the left-top corner of the map, click on the “Link to this page”, and copy your browser’s location to the clipboard. You can do the same for complex maps created on the My Maps section of Google Maps website.

3. While creating the post, select the text that will be displayed on the map marker, and create a link with it.

4. Paste the map URL on the Link URL field, and on Title write “googlemap”.

5. Continue editing your post and publish.

You are done.

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