#19 Google Maps

Google Maps is Web2 at its best.

Features I love:

• a variety of ways to pan in any direction: you can use the friendly hand that allows you to grasp and pull the screen image (for big moves) or you can click on the arrow icons (for more measured moves)


• the intuitive zoom tool with both a plus and minus function and a ladder scale that lets you zoom instantly from street level to outer space (faster than a speeding bullet)


• the choice of a map view, satellite photo view or a hybrid (combination of the two)


• Best of all: the My Maps feature lets you create your personal version of a map highlighting places that you choose. e.g. the location of the hotels where I'll be staying in Zurich and Berlin:


• http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&ie=UTF8&ll=47.376848,8.543673&spn=0.015984,0.038624&z=14&om=0&msid=107700956014156770666.00043efe2aac9d3f04f50