There are a lot of way to embed maps in blogs and map widgets are offered in different capacities from the top Map providers. but none of those options are as easy as uMapper. you can create a map in less than 3 minutes and you can choose your preferred map provider from Virtual Earth, Google maps and OpenStreenMaps.
(embedded above) This is a sample uMapper Widget that shows the Long Way Down that was the latest motorbike adventure with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. They travel down through Europe, and then Africa – from Tunisia to South Africa.
You don`t need to create a uMapper account to create a map and be able to save the KML info so you can recreate the map elsewhere. but you need an account for the map to be saved and so you get a umapper page for your map. in the umapper page there is a high spread sharing module by Gigya that offers you quick link installs for MySpace, Friendster, Facebook, Orkut, Blogger, LiveJournal, WordPress and iGoogle plus the generic embed code for the widget. that can be put everywhere manually.
The uMapper Maps are created in a Flex powered Map editor where you can quickly create your map adding pointers, lines and frames into it. other advantage is that you can set the map as a map wiki so anyone can edit it. there are other map mashups that allow this but none with the ease that umapper offers. once you end creating your map, it will be converted to simple flash so you can place it anywhere. the widget itself can offer the embed code to anyone that sees it in order to make it easy to share. it would be good if they could put a high spread sharing module within the map widget too in order to make it even easier for anyone to share the map widget around. even without it, umapper offers the best embeddable maps i have seen so far. totally recommended for those looking to embed maps in their blogs or social network profiles.
via Mashable
