When you type a link to Google Maps search results in Gmail Chat, iGoogle Chat or orkut's chat box, Google replaces the long URL with the Google Maps query. Google Maps URLs are usually very long because they include a lot of parameters, but Google should do a better job at removing extraneous parameters.
"On the Gmail version of Google Talk, Google now shortens the links and makes them readable. For example, it changes the link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=HEB+near+college+station,+tx&sll=30.606817,-96.309929&sspn=0.050086,0.090895&ie=UTF8&hq=HEB&hnear=College+Station,+TX&ll=30.6128,-96.318512&spn=0.050083,0.090895&z=14 to a link where the text is HEB near College Station, TX," noticed Korben, a reader of this blog.
{ Thanks, Korben. }
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Is this a new feature? I had noticed this more than a month back... thought it was standard and is definitely pretty convenient.
ReplyDeletelove google, everything should be integrated like this, thank you!
ReplyDeleteI guess I don't understand the current obsession with URL length. It's not like you need to type them in...
ReplyDeleteGig 'em, Aggies!
ReplyDeleteIt was in Gmail Labs as a feature of a module which has "graduated" in global Gmail several months ago.
ReplyDeletethis is a sweet addition to chat, map urls are ugly and difficult to recognise for less savvy surfers
ReplyDeleteInteresante aplicaciĆ³n
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