diff --git a/googlemaps/googlemaps.php b/googlemaps/googlemaps.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b031f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/googlemaps/googlemaps.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Name: Google Maps
+ * Description: Use Google Maps for displaying locations. After activation the post location just beneath your avatar in your posts will link to Google Maps.
+ * Version: 0.1
+ * Author: Michael Vogel <https://pirati.ca/profile/heluecht>
+ *
+ */
+
+require_once('include/cache.php');
+
+
+function googlemaps_install() {
+	register_hook('render_location', 'addon/googlemaps/googlemaps.php', 'googlemaps_location');
+
+	logger("installed googlemaps");
+}
+
+function googlemaps_uninstall() {
+	unregister_hook('render_location', 'addon/googlemaps/googlemaps.php', 'googlemaps_location');
+
+	logger("removed googlemaps");
+}
+
+function googlemaps_location($a, &$item) {
+
+	if(! (strlen($item['location']) || strlen($item['coord'])))
+		return;
+
+	if ($item['coord'] != "")
+		$target = "http://maps.google.com/?q=".urlencode($item['coord']);
+	else
+		$target = "http://maps.google.com/?q=".urlencode($item['location']);
+
+	if ($item['location'] != "")
+		$title = $item['location'];
+	else
+		$title = $item['coord'];
+
+	$item['html'] = '<a target="map" title="'.$title.'" href= "'.$target.'">'.$title.'</a>';
+}
diff --git a/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.php b/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.php
index e805632a..13545169 100644
--- a/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.php
+++ b/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function openstreetmap_location($a, &$item) {
 
 	/*
 	 * Get the configuration variables from the config.
-	 * @todo Separate the tile map server from the text-string to map tile server 
+	 * @todo Separate the tile map server from the text-string to map tile server
 	 * since they apparently use different URL conventions.
 	 * We use OSM's current convention of "#map=zoom/lat/lon" and optional
 	 * ?mlat=lat&mlon=lon for markers.
@@ -73,31 +73,27 @@ function openstreetmap_location($a, &$item) {
 	if(! $marker)
 		$marker = 0;
 
-	$location = '';
-	$coord = '';
-
-	$location = $item['location'];
-
-	$location = (($location && (! $item['coord'])) ? '<a target="map" title="' . $item['location'] . '" href="'.$nomserver . '?q=' . urlencode($item['location']) . '">' . $item['location'] . '</a>' : $location);
-
-	if($item['coord']) {
+	if ($item['coord'] != "") {
 		$coords = explode(' ', $item['coord']);
 		if(count($coords) > 1) {
 			$lat = urlencode(round($coords[0], 5));
 			$lon = urlencode(round($coords[1], 5));
-			$coord = '<a target="map" class="OSMMapLink" title="' . $item['coord'] . '" href="'. $tmsserver;
+			$target = $tmsserver;
 			if($marker > 0)
-				$coord .= '?mlat=' . $lat . '&mlon=' . $lon;
-			$coord .= '#map=' . intval($zoom) . '/' . $lat . '/' . $lon .'">Map</a>';
+				$target .= '?mlat='.$lat.'&mlon='.$lon;
+			$target .= '#map='.intval($zoom).'/'.$lat.'/'.$lon;
 		}
 	}
-	if(strlen($coord)) {
-		if($location)
-			$location .= '&nbsp;<span class="smalltext">(' . $coord . ')</span>';
-		else
-			$location = '<span class="smalltext">' . $coord . '</span>';
-	}
-	$item['html'] = $location;
+
+	if ($target == "")
+		$target = $nomserver.'?q='.urlencode($item['location']);
+
+	if ($item['location'] != "")
+		$title = $item['location'];
+	else
+		$title = $item['coord'];
+
+	$item['html'] = '<a target="map" title="'.$title.'" href= "'.$target.'">'.$title.'</a>';
 }
 
 
@@ -112,15 +108,13 @@ function openstreetmap_generate_named_map(&$a,&$b) {
 	$x = z_fetch_url($nomserver . $args);
 	if($x['success']) {
 		$j = json_decode($x['body'],true);
-		
+
 		if($j && is_array($j) && $j[0]['lat'] && $j[0]['lon']) {
 			$arr = array('lat' => $j[0]['lat'],'lon' => $j[0]['lon'],'location' => $b['location'], 'html' => '');
 			openstreetmap_generate_map($a,$arr);
 			$b['html'] = $arr['html'];
 		}
 	}
-	
-	
 }
 
 function openstreetmap_generate_map(&$a,&$b) {