Test: Embed Google Maps in Blog Posts

This is a test. My goal: Embed a map, with added content, in a blog post. In this case, I used Google Earth and Google Maps to create a map (shown below) showing a GPX track geologged with GeoLogTag Free, an app for geologging tracks and geotagging photos.


View GeoLogTag Free Track in a larger map

How did I do it? Follow these step-by-step instructions:

1. Launch Google Earth; open GPX track file. Select File/Save/Save Place As... (save file as a .kmz file).
2. Login to Google Maps; click button labeled, "Get Started" (shown below embedded video, left sidebar). ["Get Started" appears the first time you login to Google Maps. Other options: Click "Create new map" or open and "Edit" a saved map.]
3. Click hyperlink labeled, "Import" (see upper-left corner of window); import .kmz file.
4. Click hyperlink labeled, "Link" (see upper-right corner of window); copy & paste HTML to embed in website/blog. [Click "Customize and preview embedded map" (optional).]