Now that Google allows their maps to be embedded as easily as a Google Video there is of course a WordPress plugin to help you do just that.
While editing your post, you can quickly pop-open Google Maps from the editor and generate your map through the Maps interface, or quickly grab the link to a map you’ve already prepared in My Maps. Then, you can copy the code given for embedding and paste it directly into your editor.
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