Having seen The Last Guy - a rather nice zombie game that appears to be based around google maps (well satellite photos at least), I got started thinking about other ideas you could play around with using google maps as a basis. I came up with the following ideas:
1. Fire Fighter
Fires may outbreak in cities or forest based areas. Make use of water resources, fire stations and various equipment to fight fires across the globe. May have a competitive aspect, where competing players fight to defeat as many fires as possible. Could be played at a local level within a city, or on a much larger scale to fight forest fires, etc.
2. Sim City
Recreate a similar feel to Sim City using real world locations and terrain.
3. Nuclear War
Already been done with Defcon, but might have a more pronounced effect with satellite imagery.
4. Racing
Drive cars across various cities or other routes in some form of race (create set course or find the fastest way from A -> B).
5. Treasure Hunt
Bury treasure at various point and leave a trail of clues and puzzles for players to solve.
6. "Real Life" RPG
Quest across the length and breadth of the world using the real world maps as the basis for a fictional story.
7. Recon
Mirror use of satellite immagery to recreate a recon scenario - bombing targets from a detached view, track targets to find locations, etc.
8. World Based Civilization
Similar style of game to civ - build and improve cities and take over other countries, form treaties, trade, etc.
9. Cops / Criminals
Act as a police commisoner deploying resources to track organised crime - or run a criminal organisation and avoid cops!
10. Pacman
Pacman using real city streets (thanks to Peter Field for that one!).
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