Google Local is a new Google service in beta where you search for What and Where. It will remember your “Where” as in “Hamilton, Ontario”. It then presents the results in a list with a map to the right which tries to locate a particular result.
So, for example, if I search for my name I get a result “A” for McMaster (actually for the McMaster Floral Design in the Hospital) that appears on the map where McMaster is in Hamilton. A mixed result that is sort of right, but not right enough.