Google Tuesday released Google Maps, an online mapping function that can locate business and private addresses and get driving directions in a beta version, a Google spokeswoman said. Google
Maps--which incorporates search results from Google Local, also a beta service offered by the search giant-- was added to the home page last week. The service gives turn-by-turn directions to and from
searched addresses, and also offers the ability to locate wi-fi hotspots in the area.
--Shankar Gupta