My Location Information
For some reason there isn’t a reasonable URL shorteners specific to Google Maps, so I decided to write one up. I thought of using bit.ly for shortening map URL’s, but I wanted a TinyURL domain that let users know they were going to get a map. So I decided to register myloc.info and build a simple TinyURL map engine.
UberTwitter uses a very similar domain, myloc.me. Their results send you to a Uber advertising page with a map in the middle. Not very mobile friendly, but free is free I guess. My version works great with the iPhone. It automatically pulls open the Map application. Normal browsers are redirected to Google Maps.
As an add on, I created a basic GET JSON API, so myself and others could easily incorporate this service into projects.
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