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Nice idea to begin with...I guess you can creare short URL's for trips, multiple landmarks, etc...

Why do you associate this with Twitter though? Twitter is not the only site that shortners are used.

Thanks, good point about the twitter association, I guess that's just the first use I thought of and it made the design sort of playful. For trips and multiple landmarks I'm wondering how I can keep the UI simpler than google maps so it can still make sense to use qui.tw vs google maps + any url shortener.

Well, if I want to show multiple landmarks, you still lose me to Google Maps + any URL shortner combo, don't you?

You probably can't beat Google maps on simplicity without comprimising functionality. I would just accept that and copy what Google has. Just my 2 cents.

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