Google Tips
HOWTO: Retrieve latitude/longitude coordinates from a shared Google Map
There's probably a better way, but if you select "View in Google Earth", and view the downloaded file, you'll see an encoded URL like:
Convert & to &, and paste into a web browser. You'll get an XML
file with sections like:
<Placemark>
<name>SKI REPUBLIC Tignes Lavachet</name>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<styleUrl>#style14</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>6.914606,45.471401,0.000000</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
TIP: Google's password-strength rater
e.g. https://www.google.com/accounts/RatePassword?Email=mjs@beebo.org&FirstName=&LastName=&Passwd=example
HOWTO: Center Google map on a given latitude and longitude
<http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.523039,-0.100896>