Ever wondered where in the world the place you are reading about is located?  In an act of self-mashup Google Book Search now includes a Google Map of “Places mentioned in this book” feature.

As they say in their announcement:

Our team has begun to animate the static information found in books by organizing a sample of locations from them on an interactive Google Map, with snippets of text from the book, and links to the actual pages where the locations are mentioned. When our automatic techniques determine that there are a good number of quality locations from a book to show you, you’ll find a map on the “About this book” page.

 My techie brain is intrigued by their “When our automatic techniques determine that there are a good number of quality locations from a book to show you” – another bottle of Google Secret Sauce please waiter!

I also wonder how long it will be before there will be a version that links to a Google Map of Middle Earth embedded on the Lord of the Rings Book Search page?

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