Erik Fantasia

With Map My Posts, you can easily create maps plotting the location of your posts, based upon your existing tags or categories.
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<li>3 map types available: Google Maps, Google Static Maps (PNG image), and Geochart Visualizations.</li>
<li>Embed maps on any page using the shortcodes [mmp-map], [mmp-staticmap], and [mmp-geochart]</li>
<li>Associate with a country or any specific map location.</li>
<li>Map My Posts uses existing category or tag names to help define country associations.</li>
<li>Widgets available to display maps in the sidebar.</li>
<li>Full control over size, colors, and click functions.</li>
<li>Perfect for travel bloggers, touring musicians, or anyone else that wants to Map My Posts!</li>
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Get Help
Please leave a message on <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/map-my-posts" rel="ugc">the wordpress.org support forum for Map My Posts</a>

Map My Posts

Less is more. Light is better. You original idea is awesome. Keep going ! These updates would be appreciate : 
- an update to use the new Google Map API,
- make it 100% WPML compatible (join translated locations using shortcode static map)
- be able to add our own custom taxonomy from the dashboard 

Your original idea is awesome

Map My Posts allows you to display a Google Map or Geochart visualization, associating map locations with your existing categories or tags.

mschwar

Google Maps made Simple by WP-G-Mappity
WPGMappity allows you to easily insert Google Maps into your posts. No XML or JavaScript needed, building a Google Map is done completely in a WYSIWYG form inside your blog.
Versions 0.5 and above use version 3 of the Google Maps API. For you this means:
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<li>No API key needed</li>
<li>New features</li>
<li>Fast downloads: visitors to your blog only download one extra file from Google – nothing from you.</li>
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Features include:
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<li>Markers and custom icons</li>
<li>Routing</li>
<li>Map Controls</li>
<li>Completely customizable size and alignment</li>
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Project Home, full instructions, and help: <a href="http://matthewschwartz.me/wordpress/wpgmappity/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://matthewschwartz.me/wordpress/wpgmappity/</a>

Google Maps made Simple

Point, Click, Map. Build and insert Google Maps just as easily as you insert images.  All WYSIWYG: no JavaScript, no XML, no coding at all.

Map My Posts vs Google Maps made Simple