There is no disputing the fact that Google maps can be very useful, especially if you are new to an area and are trying to find your way around. Google’s latest update on their longtitude and latitude is good, but it is so encompassing that it pulls in everything that is remotely attahced to what you were searching for. Put in Chinese Restaurant for example and you get thousands of little dots populating a small area, which makes it difficult to see the teardrops used of alphabetical listings.

Where you used to search for an exact neighbourhood Chinese, now you can just put in Chinese restaurant and be inundated with results. All of these results may be great if you want a tour of all the Chinese restaurants in a given area, but not so good if all you are searching for is Mr Pang’s. You do have the option to then refine your search using the exact area and the exact name and when you do, you get a change in the dots.

Although initial searches may bring up a lot of stuff that you won’t need, a lack of dots on a particular business could help those looking to start up something new. If there are less dots for shoe factories, for example, then this might be the place to start hitting the leather. The new version may attract some spam but it may also bring some gold for those businesses that are prospecting an area.