it does...

Here is my JS to initialize the map in a div on the page...

function mapinitialize(add, i) {

    var address = add; 
    var latlng;
    var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    
    geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {

      if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
        latlng = results[0].geometry.location;
 //     alert(latlng);
        
           var myOptions = {
                zoom: 6,
                center: latlng,
                mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
            };
            var eleID = "map_test" + i;
            var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(eleID),
                myOptions);
            var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
                map: map,
                position: results[0].geometry.location
            });

        } else {
            if( status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.ZERO_RESULTS){
                j$("[id$=map_test" + i + "]").css('display','none');
                j$("[id$=map_error" + i + "]").css('display','block');
            }else{
                alert("Geocode was not successful for the address: " + address + " for the following reason: " + status);
            }
        }
    });
    

 }

the call in my VF page JS to the map, after I create the element on the page to display it

mapinitialize(addy, i);

 ** I use the i variable to identify which element I am talking about as I can have many maps on the same page and dynamically create the elements and I use i to add a unique row identifier to the element..**

And the include for the VF page

<!-- Google Maps API include -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>

 and an Apex class (NOT USED TO GENERATE THE MAP) it is used to calculate the distance between two addresses

public class googleMaps {

/** 

Code adapted from :
http://www.bulkified.com/How+to+use+the+Google+Maps+API+in+Salesforce.com

Google API is at

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/distancematrix/

There is a limit so may need to be on request only.
**/

    public String duration {get;set;}
    public Integer travelTime {get;set;}
    public Decimal distance {get;set;}

    public googleMaps(
            String address1,
            String address2) {
                
        String jsonResults = getJsonResults(address1, address2);
        jsonResults = formatJsonResults(jsonResults);
        updateJsonSections(jsonResults);
    }

    public String getJsonResults(
            String address1,
            String address2) {
        
        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        Http http = new Http();
        
        req.setMethod('GET');
        
        String url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json'
            + '?origins=' + address1
            + '&destinations=' + address2
            + '&mode=driving'
            + '&sensor=false'
            + '&language=en'
            + '&units=imperial';
        
        system.debug('URL is = ' + url);    
        req.setEndPoint(url);
        
        HTTPResponse resp = http.send(req);
        
        String jsonResults = resp.getBody().replace('\n', '');

        return jsonResults;
    }
    
    public String formatJsonResults(String value) {
        
        system.debug('json initial value is = ' + value);
        
        value = value.replace('{', ', ');
        value = value.replace('}', ', ');
        value = value.replace('[', ', ');
        value = value.replace(']', ', ');
        value = value.replace('"', '');
        system.debug('json final value is = ' + value);
        return value; 
          
    }
    
    public void updateJsonSections(
        String jsonResults) {
        
        List<String> jsonSections = jsonResults.split(', ');
        system.debug('JSON section are = ' + jsonSections);
        for (Integer i = 0; i < jsonSections.size(); i++) {
            jsonSections[i] = jsonSections[i].trim();
            system.debug('JSON Section ' + i + ' is = ' + jsonSections[i]);
            if (jsonSections[i].contains('duration :')) {
                duration = parseDuration(jsonSections[i + 1]);
                travelTime = parseTravelTime(duration);
            }
            
            if (jsonSections[i].contains('distance :')) {
                distance = parseDistance(jsonSections[i + 1]);
            }
        }
    }

    public Decimal parseDistance(String value) {
        value = value.replace('text : ', '');
        value = value.replace(' mi', '');
        value = value.replace(' ft', '');
        value = value.replace(',', '');
        value = value.trim();
        
        return Decimal.valueOf(value);
    }
    
    public String parseDuration(String value) {
        value = value.replace('text : ', '');
        
        return value;
    }
    
    public Integer parseTravelTime(String value) {
    
        Integer tmpMinutes = 0;
    
        List<String> durationNodes = value.split(' ');
        String prevDurationNode = '';
        
        for (String durationNode : durationNodes) {
            if (durationNode == 'day' || durationNode == 'days') {
                tmpMinutes += Integer.valueOf(prevDurationNode) * 1440;
            }
            if (durationNode == 'hour' || durationNode == 'hours') {
                tmpMinutes += Integer.valueOf(prevDurationNode) * 60;
            }
            if (durationNode == 'min' || durationNode == 'mins') {
                tmpMinutes += Integer.valueOf(prevDurationNode);
            }
            
            prevDurationNode = durationNode;
        }
    
        return tmpMinutes;  
    }

}

There may be better ways to do it (probably is) but this is working for me