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:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=fr&msa=0&msid=101666581206004387592.000442c08faf7f5a58504&output=kml

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>