How do I create myspace "view map" links?

You're on the right track when you talk about Google Maps, actually. It turns out that just about all of the mapping programs make it somewhat easy for you to add links to your own event information that pops up a map of the venue's location.

On the MySpace events pages, the links point to Google Maps too, as it happens.

Let's have a look! First off, I'll randomly pick an event, in this case a MiX party in San Jose, California. On the page you'll see:

Notice the "View Map" link. Move your cursor over it and you'll find that it points here:

Fortunately, you don't have to know how to decipher this sort of thing. Instead, just pop over to Google Maps and enter the address of your venue. For this example, let's suppose that I want to add a salsa dance coming up at the Westport Beach Club in Kansas City, Missouri. The street address of the club is:

&nbps; 4050 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, 64111

so that's what I'll type into the Google Maps box:

Now click "Search" and it'll show a map of the venue, as you can see here:

The most important link on this page is on the top right: Link to this Page. Click on that and you'll see your map again, but Google will have created a URL that includes every configuration tweak you've made, your zoom-in level, and more. In this case, the URL is super-long:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=4050+Pennsylvania+Ave,+Kansas+City,+64111 &ll=39.056584,-94.593272&spn=0.01223,0.030727&om=1

You can just use that directly, or if want something simpler, strip out the f=q&hl=en& from the beginning and everything after the zipcode, leaving you with a succinct URL like this:

That'll work too. Which you use is up to you: I'd probably just use the longer one and not worry about how pretty it looks, but both of them are exactly what you could use on MySpace or anywhere else when you want a "View Map" or similar link for an event announcement.

Oh, and here: View Map to see what I mean.

Hope that helps you out!

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