Podcast

Big hat tip to Vish for the idea.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"/>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Google Maps JavaScript API v3 Example: Geocoding Simple</title>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
/*
* jQuery hashchange event - v1.3 - 7/21/2010
* http://benalman.com/projects/jquery-hashchange-plugin/
*
* Copyright (c) 2010 "Cowboy" Ben Alman
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.
* http://benalman.com/about/license/
*/
(function($,e,b){var c="hashchange",h=document,f,g=$.event.special,i=h.documentMode,d="on"+c in e&amp;&amp;(i===b||i>7);function a(j){j=j||location.href;return"#"+j.replace(/^[^#]*#?(.*)$/,"$1")}$.fn[c]=function(j){return j?this.bind(c,j):this.trigger(c)};$.fn[c].delay=50;g[c]=$.extend(g[c],{setup:function(){if(d){return false}$(f.start)},teardown:function(){if(d){return false}$(f.stop)}});f=(function(){var j={},p,m=a(),k=function(q){return q},l=k,o=k;j.start=function(){p||n()};j.stop=function(){p&amp;&amp;clearTimeout(p);p=b};function n(){var r=a(),q=o(m);if(r!==m){l(m=r,q);$(e).trigger(c)}else{if(q!==m){location.href=location.href.replace(/#.*/,"")+q}}p=setTimeout(n,$.fn[c].delay)}$.browser.msie&amp;&amp;!d&amp;&amp;(function(){var q,r;j.start=function(){if(!q){r=$.fn[c].src;r=r&amp;&amp;r+a();q=$('<iframe tabindex="-1" title="empty"/>').hide().one("load",function(){r||l(a());n()}).attr("src",r||"javascript:0").insertAfter("body")[0].contentWindow;h.onpropertychange=function(){try{if(event.propertyName==="title"){q.document.title=h.title}}catch(s){}}}};j.stop=k;o=function(){return a(q.location.href)};l=function(v,s){var u=q.document,t=$.fn[c].domain;if(v!==s){u.title=h.title;u.open();t&amp;&amp;u.write('<script>document.domain="'+t+'"<\/script>');u.close();q.location.hash=v}}})();return j})()})(jQuery,this);
</script>

<link href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="//maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var geocoder;
var map;

$(document).ready(function(){
$(window).hashchange( function(){
if (window.location.hash.length > 1) {
theHash = window.location.hash.replace("#","").split(",");
addMarker(theHash[0], theHash[1]);
}

});
});

$(window).load(function(){
initialize();

$(window).hashchange();
});

function initialize() {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);
var myOptions = {
zoom: 8,
center: latlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
}

function codeAddress() {
var address = document.getElementById("address").value;
geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {

window.location.hash = results[0].geometry.location.lat() + "," + results[0].geometry.location.lng();
} else {
alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
}
});
}

function addMarker(lat, lon) {
var theLocation = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lon);
map.setCenter(theLocation);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: theLocation
});
}

</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<input id="address" type="textbox" value="Sydney, NSW">
<input type="button" value="Geocode" onclick="codeAddress()">
</div>
<div id="map_canvas" style="height:90%;top:30px"></div>
</body>
</html>

Resources
Using client side routing in web mapping applications
jQuery Hashchange Plugin