Mapping


 * Google Maps and Google Maps Japan**


 * Check out the overlays - Traffic, Photos, Webcams, Video, Wikipedia, Streetview and more!**

**Activity:**
Where do you come from? Add your location to the Google Map below. > > > > > >
 * 1) You'll need to start by going here... @http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=205047975199969179156.0004ad26a771842a6f82d
 * 1) Make sure you're logged into your Google account, then click the **Edit Button**, and move the map around to find the area where you're from.
 * 1) Click the placemarker button and drag the marker onto the map, dropping it exactly to show your location.
 * 1) Fill in the details of the location. You can also change the marker icon if you'd like.
 * 1) Click the Save button to save your location.
 * 1) Refresh this page and you should see your marker (and everyone else's) on the map (you may need to zoom out a bit)

Try the Sydney Sample media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=205047975199969179156.0004ad26a771842a6f82d&ie=UTF8&t=h&vpsrc=6&ll=35.479404,139.673309&spn=0.167746,0.274315&z=12&output=embed" height="600" width="800"

The map embedded above is based on the Collaboration link. This particular map is public and anyone can add pins to it. When you go to the shared map using the link above and make an edit, those changes show on the embedded map because it was made using the embed code for the shared map.
 * How does that work?**