I’ve been goofin’ with the beta of Google Maps. I *really* like the freshness of the visuals, the ease of scrolling (and it’s smooth!) and the attractiveness of the graphics. Besides all of that, it’s fast.

In the picture at your left, I did a screengrab of a lookup on one of my favorite coffee shops in Eden Prairie where I live (it’s in a renovated farmhouse…lots of character). As you can see from the graphics on the higher level view *and* the zoomed in view, it has quite a nice user interface and map representation. Give it a try…