google maps and latitude, longitude

[Justin]

For anyone who doesn't already know, there are several ways to get
google maps to display a latitude/longitude.

You can enter them in the query box like so:

35.5N 115.5W
or
35.5,-115.5
(I think they added those within the last week or two.)

Or you can use the original method, a GET-style form (I don't know
whether POST works):

    <form id="gooform" action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get"
style="margin: 2px;">
      <input type="text" value="" name="q" size="30" maxlength="512" />
      (lat,long <input type="text" value="33.835,-116.99" name="ll"
size="14" />)
      (span <input type="text" value=".001,.001" name="spn" size="9" />)
      (type <input type="text" value="k" name="t" size="1" />)
      <input type="submit" value="Go" />
    </form>

which translates into
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&ll=33.835%2C-116.99&spn=.001%2C.001&t=k

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