Currently, Google offer links to Mapquest or Yahoo Maps for a location based query like this. It is not known when the new tool will, if ever, replace this setup. As well as offering A to Z style maps, the service also offers directions and various other functionality (see here). Still in testing, the service is being offered to Internet Explorer and Firefox users; it lacks full support for Safari and Opera users at this time. Google Maps, like other popular Google services, makes use of clever JavaScript and DHTML tricks to make the site work efficiently and speedily.

The service is slightly quirky yet provides a good impression of how good it will be when finished. Like so many other Google offerings, its simple design and straight forward operation is a sure fire winner and provides more functionality to a search engine already at the top of the game. One can't but ask, what will next week bring, and from which search engine?

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