I completely disagree. When I see embedded Google Map I always try to zoom it by scrolling, but then get frustrated when it scrolls the page instead and I'm supposed to press control for zooming.
Unfortunately that's pretty much the only way not to confuse the majority of your users. It depends a bit on your target audience of course.
At work we have a lot of embedded Google Maps and any content below the map was rarely viewed. Once we disabled auto focus, we saw more and people scrolling to content below the embedded map. Suggesting that people got confused by it and simply left the page. For us, it was the right thing to do.
At work we have a lot of embedded Google Maps and any content below the map was rarely viewed. Once we disabled auto focus, we saw more and people scrolling to content below the embedded map. Suggesting that people got confused by it and simply left the page. For us, it was the right thing to do.