Suddenly my Google Maps program won't run anymore.

If I call up the program it displays my default starting location and I can scroll around anywhere I want (I scrolled from California to Alaska just to check) but if I try to "Get Directions" the little blue progress bar at the bottom of the screen flashes quickly, at the top of the screen it says "Loading" and that's as far as it ever gets.

About the only change that has been made to my computer since the last time I used the program was a Java update.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?

tanstaafl.