How to convert an address into a Google Maps Link (NOT MAP)

Question

After looking (Googling) on the web for a while, I can find nothing that takes an address like:

1200 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, District of Columb

Answer 1

On http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/short-urls-for-google-maps/6604/ they show a short URL that works pretty well

Google Maps URLs are pretty unwieldy especially when sending over an IM, tweet or email. MapOf.it provides you a quick way to link to Google Maps by simply specifying the address of the location as a search parameter.

http://mapof.it/

I used it for a few applications I've designed and it worked like a charm.