If you need to figure out your location in unfamiliar surroundings, Google has another service called that can help. My Location also works on your desktop or smartphone, and displays a little dot on Google Maps to show your location. From there it's easy to find directions, a business or just explore your surroundings. To get My Location to work on your desktop you must be using a Web browser that supports the W3C Geolocation API such as Firefox or Google Chrome. My Location does not work with the most recent beta version of Google Chrome for Mac.
Nightlife
There are many location-based services that can help you find where the next great party or event is going to be such as buzzd and Hot Potato. With buzzd, you can track what other users are saying about a particular place on Twitter to get a feel for the hottest places in your area on any given night. You can download buzzd applications for the , Blackberry and Android devices or through the mobile Web at buzzd.com/m.
Hot Potato is a social networking application where you can create private or public events, and upload notes and photos of the event to share with others. When you attend an event you check-in just like foursquare and Gowalla, but checking in only tells others whether you're attending the event in-person, watching a broadcast or following along on . You can use Hot Potato through an iPhone application or through the Website.