Someone out there may be interested in the modules I have just released.
http://www.drupal.org/project/geomap
Generate Google maps from Geo Microformat data embedded in a page
http://www.drupal.org/project/geonames_cck
A CCK content type with disambiguation makeing use of the geonames api
We have not attempted to tie into the locations module so far. Project scope meant that we did not really have time to sit down and really think all the implications through. I had also been picking up on the buzz that there were a bunch of people interested in reworking Locations from the ground up, so thought it might be prudent to see what you folks were thinking.
Anyway, these modules are very "Release 1.0", so the code is full of TODO notes, but they serve my immediate purposes. Hopefully this work could be useful to someone, and we could end up having something to bring to the table for the new locations discussions.