diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/MapSearchModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/MapSearchModule.cs
index cc28a5b2ff..a9e46d04c2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/MapSearchModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/MapSearchModule.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.WorldMap
                 GridRegion info = m_scene.GridService.GetRegionByName(m_scene.RegionInfo.ScopeID, mapName);
                 if (info != null) regionInfos.Add(info);
             }
-            m_log.DebugFormat("[MAPSEARCHMODULE]: search returned {0} regions", regionInfos.Count);
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[MAPSEARCHMODULE]: search {0} returned {1} regions", mapName, regionInfos.Count);
             List<MapBlockData> blocks = new List<MapBlockData>();
 
             MapBlockData data;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
index 16fcc65492..588c1dd0ed 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
 
         #region Link Region
 
+        // from map search
         public GridRegion LinkRegion(UUID scopeID, string regionDescriptor)
         {
             string reason = string.Empty;
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
 
         private static Random random = new Random();
 
-        // From the command line link-region
+        // From the command line link-region (obsolete) and the map
         public GridRegion TryLinkRegionToCoords(UUID scopeID, string mapName, int xloc, int yloc, out string reason)
         {
             return TryLinkRegionToCoords(scopeID, mapName, xloc, yloc, UUID.Zero, out reason);
@@ -180,45 +181,48 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
         public GridRegion TryLinkRegionToCoords(UUID scopeID, string mapName, int xloc, int yloc, UUID ownerID, out string reason)
         {
             reason = string.Empty;
-            string host = "127.0.0.1";
-            string portstr;
-            string regionName = "";
-            uint port = 0;
-            string[] parts = mapName.Split(new char[] { ':' });
-            if (parts.Length >= 1)
+            GridRegion regInfo = null;
+
+            if (!mapName.StartsWith("http"))
             {
-                host = parts[0];
+                string host = "127.0.0.1";
+                string portstr;
+                string regionName = "";
+                uint port = 0;
+                string[] parts = mapName.Split(new char[] { ':' });
+                if (parts.Length >= 1)
+                {
+                    host = parts[0];
+                }
+                if (parts.Length >= 2)
+                {
+                    portstr = parts[1];
+                    //m_log.Debug("-- port = " + portstr);
+                    if (!UInt32.TryParse(portstr, out port))
+                        regionName = parts[1];
+                }
+                // always take the last one
+                if (parts.Length >= 3)
+                {
+                    regionName = parts[2];
+                }
+
+
+                bool success = TryCreateLink(scopeID, xloc, yloc, regionName, port, host, ownerID, out regInfo, out reason);
+                if (success)
+                {
+                    regInfo.RegionName = mapName;
+                    return regInfo;
+                }
             }
-            if (parts.Length >= 2)
+            else
             {
-                portstr = parts[1];
-                //m_log.Debug("-- port = " + portstr);
-                if (!UInt32.TryParse(portstr, out port))
+                string[] parts = mapName.Split(new char[] {' '});
+                string regionName = String.Empty;
+                if (parts.Length > 1)
                     regionName = parts[1];
-            }
-            // always take the last one
-            if (parts.Length >= 3)
-            {
-                regionName = parts[2];
-            }
-
-            //// Sanity check. 
-            //try
-            //{
-            //    Util.GetHostFromDNS(host);
-            //}
-            //catch 
-            //{
-            //    reason = "Malformed hostname";
-            //    return null;
-            //}
-
-            GridRegion regInfo;
-            bool success = TryCreateLink(scopeID, xloc, yloc, regionName, port, host, ownerID, out regInfo, out reason);
-            if (success)
-            {
-                regInfo.RegionName = mapName;
-                return regInfo;
+                if (TryCreateLink(scopeID, xloc, yloc, regionName, 0, null, parts[0], ownerID, out regInfo, out reason))
+                    return regInfo;
             }
 
             return null;
@@ -231,7 +235,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
         
         public bool TryCreateLink(UUID scopeID, int xloc, int yloc, string remoteRegionName, uint externalPort, string externalHostName, string serverURI, UUID ownerID, out GridRegion regInfo, out string reason)
         {
-            m_log.DebugFormat("[HYPERGRID LINKER]: Link to {0}:{1}, in {2}-{3}", 
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[HYPERGRID LINKER]: Link to {0} {1}, in {2}-{3}", 
                 ((serverURI == null) ? (externalHostName + ":" + externalPort) : serverURI),
                 remoteRegionName, xloc / Constants.RegionSize, yloc / Constants.RegionSize);
 
@@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
             regInfo.TerrainImage = m_GatekeeperConnector.GetMapImage(regionID, imageURL, m_MapTileDirectory);
 
             AddHyperlinkRegion(regInfo, handle);
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[HYPERGRID LINKER]: Successfully linked to region_uuid {0} with image {1}", regInfo.RegionID, regInfo.TerrainImage);
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[HYPERGRID LINKER]: Successfully linked to region {0} with image {1}", regInfo.RegionName, regInfo.TerrainImage);
             return true;
         }