There’s a ton of coverage on the net about Google Base, I’ll link some soon.
For now I just want to note that if you search the base and add a location criteria to your search (located within X miles of a given location) then Google Base lists the results, but also displays them on a map.
Why is that a big deal? Well, basically, once Base is well-populated, you’ll be able to visually browse anything that has a location associated with it. Does that seem like a big deal? Really, it shouldn’t. This is exactly how easy it should have been, for a while now. But that’s one of the great things about Google – they’re pushing the present towards the future, making information useful, making the net work like it should.
Curious? Check out all used Honda S2000′s within 45 miles of US postal code 11215. Crazy.
(It’s not limited to the US, I also got jobs in London.)
I saw your entry in the Apple blog about the Mac Intel chip code. You have a nice site also.
Happy Holidays.
Mark F.