We have developed a tool which I hope will be useful to some members of this forum. It allows you to create free, custom Google Maps that you can embed into your own website (or use in a forum post or email) in a matter of minutes. It makes the whole process much, much easier, especially for those with limited technical knowledge. I'd appreciate it if one or two of you could take a moment to look at
http://www.aardvarkmap.net and let me know what you think. We've only been fully live with it for about 2 weeks, and already more than 1,000 maps have been created with it.
Thanks
Aaron