I'm just in the process of changing my workplace and I have just purchased an iPad as a substitute for the broadsheet I read every workday with a coffee. Why mention that, well it's because at present I'm on holidays and I've just come to realise how valuable google maps are for finding photography locations.
Just in the last two days I have found two locations that may have evaded me. The first was could have been found by trial and error. I drove past a sign with two destinations, I could have used trial and error and just taken the turn off. However by checking it up using Google maps I could see that the road ended up at a beach that was reasonably close.
The second location needed Google maps to find it. When I reached my destination I looked up Google maps to see what was in the area in terms of possible photography locations. At the street level I found a headland with a reserve and walking tracks. The site was unsignposted and it had a lighthouse and some decent walking tracks. I've driven past the road more than a dozen times without knowing it was there.
Any this was just a reminder that Google maps is so good for helping you find that next photographic destination that is not on a street sign. I'll certainly be using it for the rest of my holidays.
Cheers,