iPhone Home Page Icon for a Google Map

I do not have a very crowded set of home screens on my iPhone, but when I want some thing on them, it is a function that I use regularly. I found it non obvious to put a San Francisco Bay Area traffic Google Map icon on my iPhone home screen.

Here is an almost quick solution:

1. Create a Tiny URL of the target Google Map.  SF Bay Area Traffic is http://tiny.cc/gZKMO

2. Mail yourself the Tiny URL.

3. Select the URL in the email application.

4. Before Safari realizes that it is a Google Map url,  touch the x on the url line to cancel the transfer to the Google Map App.

5. Touch the + at the bottom of Safari and touch "Add to Home Screen"

Name it appropriately and, there you have it, a Google Map entry  on your home screen.