Not to be outdone by competing photo hosts, Google has added their own brand of photo mapping using their current satellite and map data. I quite like it, even though there’s going to be some legwork to get the kinks ironed out and all my photos affixed. Amusingly enough I’ve no recollection of ever being in Oklahoma, but there I am.
To my exasperation, after logging in the map data disappeared and I was unable to affix my photos, after which I spent a frustrating half hour looking further into it. The What’s New page also changed dramatically, but I noticed a country in the URL. It turns outI that having GBII set as your default language renders all photo mapping functionality void, and all traces of it vanish completely. Simply switching back to USA fixes the problem.
As yet you can’t view a nice fullscreen map and none of the pins are clickable, but for the now the small zoomable window is a cool enough addition. It also makes me realise I really should start planning the next holiday. 
