Interesting.

Looking forward to wireless broadband (not WI-FI hotspot). We can then truly access the web anywhere.

I hadn't seen this until today.

WOW.

This totally blows all the other map sites out of the water. Once this gets out of beta, they'll all have to scramble to keep up.

The really great thing is that it works WITH Google. You can use the local search feature they have and search for local businesses and get them to all come up on a map.

I just tried a simple search (korean restaurant 87114) on Safari 1.2.4 (v125.12), scrolled around a bit, clicked on a couple of flags ... and got a wickedly bad result. You can see what happened here:

http://andrew.hedges.name/google_maps.png

Maybe this is a problem with how Safari caches images? The devs at Google might want to give David Hyatt a call....

Yeah, it's "beta", but isn't that just another name for "excuse"?

I wonder when they'll make it work properly with Camino? Or is it Camino's bug that the map scroll backwards vertically?

Google maps works great on Omniweb; or am I the only one still using it?

Now, if they show my house on the right location, it would be a nice map app.

Right on Google for getting Safari users up and running. I'll be using it from now on.

Google Maps in Safari is missing the feature I like most. In FireFox I can click, hold, and drag the map around. In Safari I have to use the little move buttons and they often move the map more than I want it to. Hopefully this feature works in Safari soon.

In my Safari everything shows correctly, and I can also drag the map around.

[Mac OS X 10.3.8]

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Google Maps in Safari is missing the feature I like most. In FireFox I can click, hold, and drag the map around. In Safari I have to use the little move buttons and they often move the map more than I want it to. Hopefully this feature works in Safari soon.

I am using Safari. I can also click, hold and drag the map around. I'm using Mac OS X 10.3.8 and all my Apple applications are updated regularly via automatic software update.

woah, that is really awesome! I haven't tried directions yet, but it could definitely overtake the other sites.

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Google Maps in Safari is missing the feature I like most. In FireFox I can click, hold, and drag the map around. In Safari I have to use the little move buttons and they often move the map more than I want it to. Hopefully this feature works in Safari soon.

I am using Safari. I can also click, hold and drag the map around. I'm using Mac OS X 10.3.8 and all my Apple applications are updated regularly via automatic software update.

I'm on 10.3.8 as well, the only update I haven't installed is the latest iPod updater (I don't have an iPod) and I can't drag the maps in Safari, but I can in Firefox... could it be an issue on PowerBooks or something? I guess I'll send an email to google about it.

now compatable with mac browsers but not 'world' browsers...
google being a world brand i don't think they should roll out (us imperalist/isolationist!) betas....say try somewhere like small country first

My wife reports that it's not working with Opera for Windows... she's getting the "not supported" message.

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Google Maps in Safari is missing the feature I like most. In FireFox I can click, hold, and drag the map around. In Safari I have to use the little move buttons and they often move the map more than I want it to. Hopefully this feature works in Safari soon.

I am using Safari. I can also click, hold and drag the map around. I'm using Mac OS X 10.3.8 and all my Apple applications are updated regularly via automatic software update.

I'm on 10.3.8 as well, the only update I haven't installed is the latest iPod updater (I don't have an iPod) and I can't drag the maps in Safari, but I can in Firefox... could it be an issue on PowerBooks or something? I guess I'll send an email to google about it.

works on my updated 17" 1.5ghz powerbook

Non-US users note, they're just using the commercial Navteq database, which is the same one used by Yahoo Maps and some American in-car GPS systems. I'd guess that for decent street-level coverage of other countries they'd have to pay for completely different products. I hope they do this someday, but I think the limited coverage is understandable in a beta.