GoogleMap + Youtube = Video Map (website)

On Virtual Video Map you can view videos from different corners of the world. The map looks pretty crowded, so you can zoom in to focus on a country or a region. Click on a red balloon and play a video from that country: some videos are touristic, other videos are just funny. You can even find music videos. Now, local businesses can offer virtual tours of their facilities, post product demos, or as TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld put it, any small company can essentially put up its own TV commercial. Google Earth added YouTube video last year, so this expansion to maps is no surprise.But the big winner from this announcement is TurnHere, a company that creates custom videos for its clients. Not only is this another reason for local businesses to make enticing, professional-looking video, but the example used by the Google Maps blog is a listing for I Dream of Cake, featuring a video created by TurnHere.

Notes: This application cannot live without a search engine beside it. Exposing tones of anchors which handle youtube sized video will not drive to the best end-user experience, so the users can go away in few seconds. The tool will probably be used more for a part included in a specific website (restaurant, hotel, ...) so for professionnal and dedicated market places.