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songsparrow
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

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

 

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    • songsparrow's avatar
      songsparrow
      Explorer | Level 4
      8 years ago

      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's avatar
        Jane
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        7 years ago

        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! 

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