Real Estate, Maps and Meta Search

The ever vigilant crew at SiliconBeat has identified another interesting mapping/real estate "mashup" (Google Maps) + meta search. There's a lot happening with maps, and real estate is the leading edge of practical, monetizable apps.

Check out Trulia (proving how hard it is to get good domains these days). And watch for HomePages.com (coming very soon).

At last year's ILM:04 show we had a mapping panel, but all the panelists were fairly circumspect and cautious about mapping and monetization scenarios. Now that we're starting to see them, this year's panel at ILM:05 (scroll) should be quite interesting.