Street-by-street Business Map
Google Maps is great. The local search is even starting to work a little bit better for Canada. It’s so much better than trying to use SuperPages. Have you ever tried to actually look up a business — or worse, a business category — on SuperPages? Good luck.
So, having Google Maps combined with the Local search is a life saver.
But what happens when I know roughly where a store is, what it sells (but not necessarily the category it fits under, just a keyword), and I want to know what it’s called? Or better yet — if it has a web site. Google Maps needs to introduce a feature enabling you to look at a street, and have bubbles pop-up with all the stores along the street. Essentially a way of virtually walking down the street. Once you have that, you can then narrow down your options using keywords.
That would sure make my life easier right now. Instead I guss I’m just going to have to walk down the street. (Note: that’s really not that big of a deal — I can think of much, much worse things than walking down West 4th in Vancouver on a sunny September afternoon.)
