Google releases My Maps

Google has announced that they are to release their latest technologic wonder known as Google My Maps.

what does Google My Maps do?

The service to be launched in the UK, US, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, Australia and Japan offers users the ability to add markers (selected from a library), photos, YouTube videos and more.

The maps once created can then be listed for public viewing or unlisted so as to keep it private or just allowing friend’s access.

can’t you do this already?

To date such features have only been available to those that know how to develop using the Google Maps API. I myself have dabbled with the API and found it to be fairly simple to implement, however, this latest product is sure to be a hit with many people around the world and may be helping to push social networking to a new level.

I’m sure we will see this as a feature on many MySpace/Facebook pages in the very near future.

As yet the product has only been launched in Australia and can be found on the Google Maps Australia home page.