Well, I downloaded the trial version ot VWS and played with the mesomap feature a little (not updating but working as an example):
http://eetee.us/misc/mesomap.htmThe problem is I really don't need/want all the other features of VWS - I'm pretty happy with just plain old WL. However, the mesomap is pretty nice, albeit, a little difficult to setup.
I wish I could just pay VWS some money to get just the stand alone version of the mesomap. O well, maybe I'll keep looking around. Again, thanks everyone for the help!
EDIT: I took down the link above - I wasn't happy with the background map and it was just a test (am I obsessive or what?)