A9 Maps

A9, Alexa's sister company under the Amazon.com banner, recently released A9 Maps. Like A9's groundbreaking take on the Yellow Pages, which incorporates pictures of businesses from street level, not from satellites, and allows virtual strolls down the street, A9 Maps shows you pictures -- pictures that are useful. You've gotta love it. A9 seems to have a fresh and irreverent take on the Google, Yahoo and MSN "me too" strategies. It is good to have a new player shaking things up. Link.