Create And Modify Customized Google Maps By Glenn Letham Expert Author Article Date: 2006-01-22 An interesting news item this week-end in the Locapoint DIY Map Service, a free online service to modify Google maps and easily place them on a blog or website. The free DIY service enables users to easily generate a customized google map with icons (bubbles) descriptions, and a pre-determined map scale and location. The service generates output an HTML code. Uploading the DIY Map on a blog just requires copying and pasting an HTML code. Check it out at http://www.locapoint.com/en/diymapHome.html About the Author: Anything Geospatial: Tracking developments affecting GIS, geospatial technologies, location-based services, mapping, google earth and google maps. Published by the creator and editor of GISuser.com & LBSzone.com