Sharing Google maps

[uncle dick]

I'm trying to sort out a blocked storm drain at the back of my parents house. In order to ascertain the responsibility for said plumbing, I've said to a guy at the council that I'd send him a map. After carefully creating and marking a map on Google, I find I can only share with someone else on Google i.e. not a .gov.uk e-mail.


Any ideas on what I should do?

TIA
Dick

 

[Clive]

Take a screen print and email that to them?

Failing that take a photo of the screen.

 

[wessie]

you can get a link that looks like this http://goo.gl/maps/BAkHn by clicking the LINK button (looks like a chain link) - you can share this link with anyone and it will have all of your routes, pins etc. Select the "short url" button to get a compact link

 

[uncle dick]

you can get a link that looks like this http://goo.gl/maps/BAkHn by clicking the LINK button (looks like a chain link) - you can share this link with anyone and it will have all of your routes, pins etc. Select the "short url" button to get a compact link

I can see the chain link icon on 'ordinary' Google maps but to add pins and labels I need to be logged in. I then have a green 'share' button at the top right on the screen. You add the recipients and can attach a message. This is when it bounces back: 'not a Google account'.

 

[wessie]

I see the share button too but I can still generate a URL form the link button e.g. http://goo.gl/maps/E3kS1 is some routing I've played with

 

[uncle dick]

I think the difference is that you have used the Google maps webpage just for routes - which have the 'chain link' option. If you want to add flags - in my case tracing the route of a drain through some gardens - you can only do that by signing in to a Google account and 'creating' a map. Unless someone knows differently.

 

[paul08]

Print it and then scan it perhaps? That is what I would do, but I have a printer/copier/scanner at home.

 

[jc_bromley]

Snipping Tool?

i think this is standard on Windows 7, if you are using that OS then that might be the easiest option. You can then email the result.