Google Maps Classic

Google Maps never seems to remember my preference for Classic

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You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

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You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name       Google Maps Classic
// @namespace  http://compressedtime.com/
// @version    0.1
// @description  Google Maps never seems to remember my preference for Classic
// @match      http://maps.google.com/*
// @match      https://maps.google.com/*
// @match      http://www.google.com/maps*
// @match      https://www.google.com/maps*
// @copyright  2012+, You
// @run-at     document-start
// ==/UserScript==

if(typeof GM_log == 'undefined')
    GM_log = console.log;

//GM_log("typeof document.documentElement.outerHTML=" + typeof document.documentElement.outerHTML);
//GM_log("document.documentElement.outerHTML=" + document.documentElement.outerHTML);

var location = window.location.href;
if(location.match(/maps\//))
{
        // just adding output=classic to these URLs doesn't fix it
        return;
}

// XXX try to detect if we're already on classic
if(false && document.documentElement.outerHTML.match(/html class="no-maps-mini"/))
{
    /* we're already on classic */
    GM_log("Google Maps Classic: looks like we're already on classic");
}


if(!location.match(/output=classic/))
{
    window.location.href = window.location.href + '&output=classic';
}