Google Introduces My Maps

Google introduced a new feature to

I’ve tried to create a first sample map to explore this feature. To do so, you hit the “My Maps” tab on Google Maps and click the “Create a new map” button. If you’re not logged in to your Google Account, you will now have to log-in. You can then add a title and description to your new map, and decide whether to have it be public or unlisted (“unlisted” doesn’t mean “completely secret” – we know this from Picasa Web Albums, which also has these two options). I’m going for public and call my map “Stuttgart Test”. Now I’m offered 4 different tools to edit the map: a hand tool to drag the map around, a placemark tool to drop new markers with information on the map, a line tool to create paths (like walking directions), and a rectangle tool to add shapes.

To share the page, I click the “save” button, and then pick the “Link to this page” link at the top right, ending up with a