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Google Maps, the search engine’s popular cartographic service, isn’t just for Web surfers in need of driving directions. The service, popular because its close-up images include outlines of buildings, is helping some students navigate their way through college life.

Students at a couple of universities can use adapted versions of the maps to locate off-campus housing. And at Tufts University’s Campus Compass — also based on Google’s mapping software — freshmen and visitors can learn where to do their laundry or how to find the nearest ATM. (Google Maps Mania)