Google Maps is an evolving resource. What began as a simple Web-based roadmap quickly became something widely utilized for its satellite imagery and later turned into something of a mashup of business listings and traffic alerts and more - not to mention a faux GPS-like software device, offering user-enabled turn-by-turn on-the-go directions to iPhones and various other “smart” handhelds.
And after all those various upgrades and amendments have been made to the service, the folks at Google, as reported in the company's Lat Long Blog, have finally gotten around to releasing an extra useful feature long left to the back burner: a refined search feature that offers the inclusion of neighborhood and user ratings.
You know, so you don’t have to look upon dozens and dozens of colored pins when trawling for restaurants in Manhattan and feel like you’re playing the lottery for lunch. Yeah, that kind of thing.