Traffic– Map real-time traffic and incidents for many major areas. Collections – Keep lists of important Windows Live Local locations, order them any way you want, and share them with your friends. Favorites– Save collections to your Windows Live Favorites.

For me, it’s all about the traffic integration, but the Collections feature might prove useful, in that it helps you annotate your maps and share them. A small business owner could use this feature to great effect. Microsoft Maps– [via News.com]