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Google Maps Graduates

Posted by Zonk on from the happy-granulation dept.

Anonymous writes "It appears that Google's dynamic, interactive map program, Google Maps, has finally made it out of the labs. Now it has merged with Google Local and has been updated on the homepage. Another great stride in Google's quest to conquer the internet." Graduation covered by PC Magazine. From the article: "Now, when you query Google Local (local.google.com), a map pops up, displaying the many businesses and services that match you query. If you search on "Pizza in San Francisco," for instance, it displays a map of San Francisco sprinkled with red tabs pointing to various pizza parlors. It also lists each restaurant down the right side of your browser."

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  1. Ah, so awkward! by Shazow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I liked it more when the map was aligned to the left. ._O

    - shazow

  2. CONQUERING? by s388 · · Score: 4, Insightful



    by "conquering" the web, does he mean "filling it with useful applications and tools for public use"?

    ?

  3. I want my Google Earth! by bcrowell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I just wish Google Earth was available for MacOS or Linux. I saw someone demo it on a Windows box, and it looked extremely cool.

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  4. pizza parlours by Moby+Cock · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why does Pizza come from Parlours?

    What other parlours are there?

    Beauty Parlours.

    What else?

    Why is a burger joint not a Hambuger parlour?

  5. Conquering? by sdirrim · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What is this about the "ruling the internet"? All they did was merge Google Local and Google Maps, two GOOGLE services. How is that ruling the internet? Frankly, they just made Local more helpful.

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  6. Not a planet by Lifewish · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The moon is, of course, a satellite, despite the fact that (according to google) it's only marginally smaller than pluto.

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  7. My favorite troll. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This is, by far, my favorite troll. The last things that the Zealot says are hillarious, and the troll in its entirety is quite funny because it's true.

  8. Yes, specials. by Poromenos1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because knowing the specials in San Francisco is more important than expanding coverage in other countries, in many of which you can only find cities (if that).

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    1. Re:Yes, specials. by natrius · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Because knowing the specials in San Francisco is more important than expanding coverage in other countries, in many of which you can only find cities (if that).

      Obviously, Google thinks so. What makes you think that Google has some obligation to provide a service for whatever part of the world you live in? Google is a company. They will roll out services when it makes business sense to them.

  9. Re:Still missing... by timeOday · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What I think it direly needs is *ratings* of hotels and restaurants. I don't want to know where every restaurant is, I want to find one with the right mix of quality, cost, and travel distance (to be specified by me). Not ratings by the public, either, but from real critics, perhaps from newspapers?