{"id":2160,"date":"2009-01-14T18:17:45","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T22:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2009-01-14T18:17:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T22:17:45","slug":"google-groups-for-maps-moved-to-new-forum-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/14\/google-groups-for-maps-moved-to-new-forum-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Groups for Maps Moved to new Forum Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As noted several weeks ago,\u00a0Google Groups for Maps was being moved to new Forum Platform. That switch has now taken place.\u00a0From the Lat Long Blog:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our Google Map Help Group now has a new home! You may have already heard of (or tried out) the\u00a0<a id=\"kt:s\" title=\"new Google Help Forum platform\" href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/new-google-help-forums.html\">new Google Help Forums<\/a>. 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