Celebs' Favorite Places on Google Maps

I read an interesting on SFGate.com yesterday where Google has enhanced their mapping service to display celebrities favorite destination spots around the world. Gavin Newson presented his favorite spots as part of the rollout of Google's new project and selected a handful of places in San Francisco (his pin resembles the Golden Gate bridge) to display. This new service is designed to target businesses to increase interest in their products by soliciting celebrity "endorsements" of sorts.

Some other interesting celebs who took part in the project were former Vice President Al Gore who likes to hang in the Maldives, an island off the coast of India. Among places, professional skateboarder Tony Hawk likes to go Alyeska, noted as the "best" heli-skiing destination in the world. Tony even spent time with Google to record video of his favorite places and can be watched on the map itself. Kerri Walsh, the professional Volleyball player (and former Archbishop Mitty Alum) has many places in the USA she likes, but also likes the Hanalei Surf Board House in Hawaii.

Take a look for yourself at http://www.google.com/help/maps/favoriteplaces