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Inserting Google Maps
I'm trying to insert a Google Map. When I click 'show example', I see a google map and then a line with the link I entered. However, when I paste a google map link of my own, I get just the link.
It looks like Paper is having problems parsing the link, which in my test case was this:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@37.8069524,-122.4764538,2495m/data=!3m1!1e3
(notice the '.ca' and the /data, both of which are just the way URLs are found in my browser) (I'm in Canada, eh? Changing it to .com didn't help, possible because of other parsing problems.)
I tried editing my link to make it look more like the 'show example' link but that didn't work either (and was tedious; I was expecting it to 'just work' with any Google Maps URL).
Any suggestions? This was with Chrome on Win10
- Your link didn't work for me either, but changing it to .com did:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8069524,-122.4764538,2495m/data=!3m1!1e3
You could also try this out:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8069524,-122.4764538,2495m/
You can also try just pasting the link instead of using the "Google Maps app".
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- Your link didn't work for me either, but changing it to .com did:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8069524,-122.4764538,2495m/data=!3m1!1e3
You could also try this out:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8069524,-122.4764538,2495m/
You can also try just pasting the link instead of using the "Google Maps app". Thanks for testing it and confirming the problem when the Google Maps URL contains google.ca
I tried the two links you suggested (with google.com) and they worked. Also I tried another google.ca map URL and it didn't work, but worked when changed to .com
So it looks like a bug (Paper probably should accept google maps URLs from anywhere, eg., including google.ca) but meanwhile at least the workaround is easy (change it to google.com when paste-entering the link in the entry box).
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
Hey songsparrow & Pikamander2, thanks for flagging!
I've made sure to transfer your comments & troubleshooting steps along to our specialists & they're currently working on a fix.
Once I have more information on the progress, I'll make sure to update this thread here.
Hope you have a lovely rest of the day ahead!
- Jane
Hey songsparrow & @Pikamander2, thanks for bring this to our attention!
Our Paper team is currently aware of this discrepancy & they has been looking into this internally. Once there's more information on our end, I'll make sure to update this thread here!
[This thread is now closed. If you have a similar or new question, you can ask here.]
