f you're using Google's Chrome browser (and if you're not, you should seriously consider it), this may be the best sailboat theme for sailors ever. (For those who don't know, the theme is the picture you see when you open the browser, sort of like your desktop picture.) I have no connection with...
Google Maps. Directions to Japan.
Type USA as your starting point.
Type Japan as your destination.
Look at direction Step #31
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-google-dd&utm_medium=ha
I have been playing with Google Latitude on my cell phone. It allows you to track from the internet and the igoogle website any cell phone that has the Google Maps Latitude application running on it. It can use either a built in GPS or cell phone triangulation. Don't worry about security as...
Found this site today. http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/
It overlays NOAA charts on top of Google maps. You can move a slider to control the transparency of the chart overlay. As you zoom in, it automatically switches to the more detailed charts.
Pretty cool.
Check out the following website - Online charts overlayed on Google Earth
http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/
Use the slider bars on the upper right corner to fade the satellite and label views.
Kevin