Schmap.me’s Ten Minutes September 19, 2008

What is it: Schmap.me is an easy way to add a link to your location for emails, signatures, SMS messages etc. (I wrote about Schmap in my DestinAsian column a year ago.)

Executive summary: does what it promises quickly and smartly.

My ten minutes: Setting things up is easy enough.

Type in the name you want to have as your address www.schmap.me/loosewire, for example:

If it’s available the box will turn green.

Enter the address on the next page and the Google Map on the left of the address will immediately jump to that location:

There’s a room for notes, which is smart for driving directions:

(There are more fields available if you want them.)

The resulting page is simplicity itself:

It also looks good on a phone:

Verdict: Great stuff. This space is always a bit of a nightmare and while it’s possible to send people links to Google Maps, the page is usually a bit ugly and certainly not pleasant to view on a phone. Nice to see something simple and neat and doing what it promises without lots of unnecessary extras.