Google maps up and running . . . check it out
 

Google never ceases to amaze . . . . . .
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=blues%...20in%20chicago

That is pretty freakin incredible! I can't get over the speed that the maps are produced. I found everything I searched for almost immediately.

wow... very nice. *bookmarks*

i'm still waiting for them to release an image search where, instead of typing in text, you can upload an image and search for images that are similar.

that is amazing, i cant believe google started out as a school project, bet those guys are glad they took the class that they did...

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. It's like mapquest (which I consider one of the most wonderful website ever) but without the ads. You can't get any better than that.

i found google maps earlier today and began testing it. I was able to find everything fairly quickly, although a bit of a lag time when dragging the map around at full zoom as i followed a road I knew fairly well to see if it missed any of the roads :) Very detailed and quick.

I definatley put that high on my list of websites that i will frequent.

mmm doesn't seem to do edinburgh...does it not have maps for the uk?

No, but it is a beta.

Also, this thread is a dupe...
Tilted Forum Project - Google Maps

Seems to be some glitch in it North of the border. When searching for stuff in Calgary Canada it shows the results (ie. Blues clubs) but there's no map until you zoom out to over half way on the sliding scale on the left. Must not have all the maps entered yet.

Looks like a cool site though.

This is great potential, but they should realize that getting from the Albany NY area to Waterloo Ontario via Syracuse to Kingston to Waterloo is pretty retahded.

Geez, I just stumbled upon this as well. The drag feature is pretty unbelievable. But the directions are a little weird. I tried a few normal routes that I drive. And although the directions get you there, it didn't really show the fastest or shortest route...

Wow, I just "drove" from my dad's house to my mom's house on the map with the mouse. That's amazing. I wonder what kind of algorithms and gee-whiz technology they used to get this working.

-Lasereth

Awsome find went into a new bookmark folder for all the related Google stuff. Thanks.

That's pretty damn insane. Can't wait for it to include Australia.

I love this! Good job Google!

Wow, I just found my parents farm in "NoWhere", Ontario. Cool.

So far, it's pretty impressive.

Wow, the simple graphics and easy to use interface really adds to the google tradition. I really like it, thanks for bringing it my attention.

Now how can we google hack Google maps....

From just looking around quickly, I love the symbology, showing which roads are the 'major' arterials in yellow. I'm a GIS buff though, so this kind of thing is awesome. I can't wait until aerial/satellite photography is integrated with it...

pretty interesting. good post

holy shit, that's awesome! i just found my apartment by typing in the name of the complex and the city. that's awesome! and the maps! damn!

Driving around using click-and-drag is fun. We worked out what a friend meant when describing a shortcut around a busy exit in Toronto by looking at the onramp/offramps.

I can't wait until A9's "storefront pictures", satalite photos, and GIS like maps converge, and they can build a driving simulation of every real city. "You have a Porche 911. Get from home to work as fast as you can. Go!"

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Wow. I'm repeatedly impressed by Google. My mom is moving to Kansas tomorrow and I've never been to Kansas, so this'll definitely come in handy! :thumbsup:

I have already dropped MapQuest from my bookmarks, maps does everything that mapquest does and better. Even has some northern canadian towns I visit often!

this is great....more than great.....AMAZING. you can search for anything, i mean anything. try it.

strip clubs in _______
pet stores in _______
bars in _______

the only problem i've found so far is the lack of locations that you can find. for example....i tried apartments in tempe and only got apartments that were in a 2 block radius of eachother. but it'll probably get upgraded with more complete content.

your right - it is pretty incredible how fast the maps are generated...

Don't get overly carried away with the google worshiping quite yet pals o' mine. The addy's it spits out are sometimes pretty f-ing far from what you search for.
Examples from my experiance today:

I put in: 5458 WEST POINTE PLAZA DR COLUMBUS OH 43228

it spit out: 771 South 30th St
Heath, OH 43056

Somehow I think it's confused.

I'm sure many of you will feel compelled to post how well it works for you. That's nice.

Pretty much, it's been working really well for me too. I played around with adding and leaving out ZIPs and got vastly different results for searches. It will move an address completely out of a city, and return addys without even similar street names or numbers.

Just remember it is a beta, not a gift from god.

heh! The first thing I tried was STRIP CLUBS IN_______

Pretty wacky. I followed the link to the Hibbet Sports location that it indicated, and it showed the contents of a really ugly script, and I think all of the words in your query showed up in there.

It seems to not recognize it as an address, and does a search for that location instead. There's a 'submit problem' link...

Wow, I'm really depressed... there's less to do where I live than I even though... Thanks google maps, I think.

I typed in "Something to do in Marietta, Ohio"... I got nothin'.

Kinda nice to find out there were a few new restuarants to try though, it is amazing what the guys at google did with this.

It's really cool, but there are still some glitches...

Man, google is one of the best things to happen to the internet.

That is a sweet site to bad it doesn't have to clubs and stuff in my town/city...but I know where they all are.

Definitely something different than MapQuest, thanks!

Holy crap, this map site is sick. Google is going to run the universe.

Love the maps. Google is trying to be the next microsoft by taking over everything, with one noticable exception, their stuff works.

I do very much enjoy the speed that this bastard works at.
The scroll feature they have is awesome too, don't have to reload every damn time
you touch the mouse to the screen like on Yahoo! Maps.

Although, in terms of overall detail, it's about the same at Y! Maps. I think the major
thing most people will like, as mentioned numerous times before, will be its speed.

AMAZING!! I can not believe how useful that was. It just saved me hours looking for a good restraunt on vacation.