Hi again,Work has been continuing in the background on Useamap, for you the user every week. You can now see how far ‘as the crow flies’ your saved map location is from any place on earth. This appears in the popup window when you click on a map. You can now also save your directions with a short url. So when you put driving directions onto your map, you will also get a short url like http://useamap.com/directions/61 to share easily with others.
If you use Facebook(some 30 million users out there, I think, and growing) , you can now create maps for free within Facebook by going to http://apps.facebook.com/useamap/ . This will let you put mini maps of your planned locations onto your Facebook profile. While there are a number of map based sites on Facebook(Cities I visited, places I have been) none allow you to show your location and get driving directions to it. You can also map roughly where all your friends are on Facebook, so that visually, you can see who is in what of Ireland or how they are spread across the globe. I believe location, location, location will be the key aspect of peoples internet behavior over the coming year, Go on, give it a test drive.
Vinny
Useamap Team
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