Not content to limit your creativity to map markers, Google also lets you easily merge a select number of other people's Google Map mashups-in the form of widget-like maplets-with your custom maps. To add a maplet, click one ofthe content items listed below your personal maps. Or click Add content to choose one of the dozens of other maplets available.

By combining maplets with placemarks, you can create and share a map of your favorite locations along a particular route, annotate each with your own photos and text, and include other people's photos too. Or you might build a map of your burg that plots your most frequently visited destinations along various transit and bike routes. As Google adds more maplets, this feature will only become more useful.