UMapper.com - Embeddable Flash Maps

Do you want to let others know more about your area? Do you enjoy the ease of use of services like Google Maps? If so, then you should take a look at Umapper.com. The site allows you to create interactive flash maps, which you will then be able to embed into your social profile or blog. On each map you create, you’ll be able to label places of interest and add information about them. This will allow you to inform your friends on the places that surround you and them. The maps are easy to both create and embed (much like a YouTube video). One interesting feature is the Map Wiki. This feature will allow you to create a map for anyone else to edit. This is a great way for you incorporate your friends into the map making experience. Even though the site is still in the alpha stage, everyone can make interactive maps through it.

“UMapper is the first application of its kind; it is a visual, universal, web-based map authoring application.”

The concept is very interesting. Mapping the world around you adds a whole new depth to social networking.

Will they add new features? What other uses, besides the social networking, do they have for applications like this?