Google has released an API for its Google Maps service.

The Google Maps API lets developers embed Google Maps in their own web pages with JavaScript. You can add overlays to the map (including markers and polylines) and display shadowed “info windows” just like Google Maps.

Not sure how this affects those sites that are already utilizing Google Maps by screen scraping or other means.

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