Bookmaplet Maps Addresses Without Leaving Page

This works really well. I set the bookmarklet to have the keyword "map" in Firefox, so I can highlight the address, press Ctrl+L, type "map" and press Enter, and the map shows up instantly.

Thanks for this awesome bookmarklet.

@camron9989: GDirections +1.

Wol

@Gonzie: He was saying how Ubiquity fans, for example, can already do something like this, but for everyone else, they can use this instead.

Hanna Hoang

Works for me in IE8 and Chrome. I added it to www.blummy.com, if anyone uses that. It takes some time to show up as a shared bookmarklet, though.

Jason Weaver

Thanks for the recommendations to map this and gdirections... I think I've tried utlized both in the past for some reason or another, no longer have them installed. It was probably when I was cutting down on bloat and just added google maps search engine to the search engine dropdown in firefox.

This bookmarklet is garbage, doesn't even work; same as Condalmo in top right corner.

hakujin1

I've already got this with IE8 Accelerators

Tyrax

If you have a Mac, Instant Links (http://www.subsume.com/assembled/InstantLinks.html) gives you that and a few other useful links into your services menu, which means you get it for text you select in any app on the mac. Very useful.

DevonKapish

@Condalmo: I got same error on IE7.

harsh4us

Doesn't work. I get this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 501, in __call__
handler.get(*groups)
File "/base/data/home/apps/thebookmaplet/1.334006708953303753/bookmaplet.py", line 99, in get
address.put()
File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/db/__init__.py", line 696, in put
return datastore.Put(self._entity)
File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/datastore.py", line 164, in Put
apiproxy_stub_map.MakeSyncCall('datastore_v3', 'Put', req, resp)
File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_stub_map.py", line 72, in MakeSyncCall
apiproxy.MakeSyncCall(service, call, request, response)
File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_stub_map.py", line 244, in MakeSyncCall
stub.MakeSyncCall(service, call, request, response)
File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/runtime/apiproxy.py", line 183, in MakeSyncCall
rpc.CheckSuccess()
File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_rpc.py", line 110, in CheckSuccess
raise self.exception
CapabilityDisabledError: Datastore writes are temporarily disabled.

Nice! I saw this on [www.marklets.com] the other week.

theonegreen

GDirections [addons.mozilla.org] is a good firefox add-on alternative. You can store common addresses allowing you to highlight an address on a webpage, right click and get directions to the address from your home.

camron9989

@planetarian: yeh, i love accelerators

natenovs

@Phoshi: guess he missed the highlight support then

@Gonzie: You are intimating Kevin, a LH editor, and author of many Ubiquity-based articles, has never used the extension before.

Cleeki works like accelerators for Chrome, and it does a pretty nice job.

Hello all, Bookmaplet creator here. @Gonzie I got the idea from looking into Ubiquity actually. But I think it will still be a while before it goes mainstream. The bookmaplet seemed like a nice step in between to me, at least as far as mapping is concerned. @BrettKS I have actually never seen any ads on the overlay myself. For some reason they don't show up when I try it out. It would be great if you could send a screenshot my way, so I can check the size out. Not jumping to a new tab/window was a design choice. I wanted to relieve people from the burden of having to go to other webpages just to find the location of some street address. David.

OpheliaAloeus

@Gonzie: I think he was drawing a comparison to Ubiquity, only that this might be easier for non-"power users."

The ad on the map takes up way too much space. Maybe I would use if it opened a new window, allowed me to find directions to / from the location...

"Ubiquity fans, for example"

clearly you've never used Ubiquity before, because that does the same job as this

IE8 only, but Accelerators ftw. This functionality is built into the browser already~

I prefer the Firefox add-on Map This. Highlight an address, right-click, and choose between "Map This" and "Map to This" (from your home address, which can be set in the preferences). You can also choose between Google Maps and Yahoo! Maps.

[addons.mozilla.org]

atomic.resistance

Works really nicely. I'm definitely adding that to my Chrome toolbar.