Google Calendar

Today is a grand day for european maps users. Not so long ago, Google finally added a decent location search in Google Maps. Now I can find the street I live in just by typing my address. Cool! Nothing new for the U.S.ers, I know. 2 years ago, I "saw" where this friend of mine lived in Minneapolis just by typing his address in Google Earth. But for Portugal or France, only big cities would work when searching for on Earth or on Maps.

They also added the MyMaps service, which allows for users to store and save their locations.

Furthermore, I discovered that they also integrate kml files into Google Maps. Now besides viewing them with Google Earth, if you're, on Linux you can also check your favorite kml files with Google Maps. Check my beach cams! (Please insist by pressing enter in case this doesn't works at first).

But the most interesting aspect of this, is perhaps the Google Calendar integration. Whenever you fill the fields of your event in your calendar you got the "where" and "when" fields. If you fill out the "where" you'll get a link in your calendar event to google maps. And it works nicely. Neat!

It's interesting when you want to share an appointment with several other people who don't know how to get there. Fill up the "where" field with the address and the google maps link will do the rest ;)