The submodules are stored in .gitmodules:
$ cat .gitmodules
[submodule "ext/google-maps"]
path = ext/google-maps
url = git://git.naquadah.org/google-maps.git
If you edit the url with a text editor, you need to run the following:
$ git submodule sync
This updates .git/config which contains a copy of this submodule list (you could also just edit the relevant [submodule] section of .git/config manually)
There might be a way to do it with only git commands, although the submodule system seems a bit incomplete (e.g see the instructions to remove a submodulethe instructions to remove a submodule)