URL from LES.. works, I just checked,
http://mt.google.com/vt/v=w2.97&hl=en&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

This google map is very uptodate! I occasionally switch to yahoo map because of one segment of highway keeps missing from Google map and is now corrected. Good finding LES..

Want to 2nd guess why Google changing the URL? Too much log in, too little revenue, or just simply want to shake off some Nokia leeches ?

bun