This is truly brilliant, and I've only just discovered it. It actually made me say 'wow' - that doesn't happen very often because I'm a cynical old bird.

Google's map beta.

It's Multimap, Yell.com and Google rolled into one. And yet another online tool that could shaft newspaper classified ads.

Example: I searched for 'blind tiger hudson street new york'. (A good bar, for those that are interested. They do this fabulous apricot beer that I can't get in the UK. I digress...)

It gives me a satellite map and related classifieds down the side, one of which is for the Blind Tiger Ale House. So I click it and get full address and contact details with directions. Great on a PDA (although I don't spend enough time outdoors to warrant getting one of those) - but please oh please oh please oh please can we have a UK version?

So Google have us mapped out. More proof that they are bent on world domination? Larry and Serge could be hollowing out their volcano as we speak...

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