In the realm of nonprofits, think of the kind of service-area-based maps that could be created and included on web sites, for example, to show which services are provided to which areas of the county, with overlaps and descriptions, etc.

Have I mentioned before that I love maps? 🙂

I’m really excited about this tool. It’s very easy to use, there’s room for improvement, but knowing Google’s approach I suspect the improvements are already in the works.

I think any kind of land use public process should involve tools like this. But I’m really interested to see what others come up with, too. Just today, I was working with a client who farms a number of sites out by Damascus; I showed her the “My maps” feature, and she was really excited about being able to track what was planted where, at what time. I suspect the possibilities are endless…