Make a custom Google Map for your website

The official Google Blog announced a new feature to the Google Maps system that enables anyone to create a custom map for their website.

from the Google Blog – “Map-making: So easy a caveman could do it”

My Maps, a new feature that makes it quick and easy to create your own custom Google Maps just by pointing and clicking. You can add placemarks, draw lines and shapes, and embed text, photos and videos — all using a simple drag and drop interface. Your map automatically gets a public URL that you can share with your friends and family, or you can also publish your map for inclusion in Google Maps search results and for use on your real estate web site.

Why does this matter to you?

– you could create a Google map of all the restaurants in your farm area
– show where every loft building is
– map out the dog parks in a certain neighbourhood

There is so much more you can do. It took me about 5 minutes to create a map of a couple of restaurants in the Yaletown area of downtown Vancouver. You can see the map I created here.

Want to know how to make a map for your real estate agent website? Click Here to follow Google’s easy to follow instructions.