To date, here are the known Google Maps mashups previous to today:
- Australia Google Maps Mashup Roundup (all known Aus mashups)
- New Zealand Explorer (Land Information New Zealand + Google Maps)
[Thanks to Zorgloob for the tip!]
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Big News: Google Maps street maps for ALL of Australia and New Zealand!
Good morning to Australia and New Zealand! If you live in either of these two countries, you might want to check out the new mapping layer that Google has given you overnight on Google Maps! Australia and New Zealand have both been granted street maps!
To date, here are the known Google Maps mashups previous to today:
[Thanks to Zorgloob for the tip!]
To date, here are the known Google Maps mashups previous to today:
[Thanks to Zorgloob for the tip!]
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These maps look good, but how are you supposed to look for an address? The search only seems to accept cities, not streets. The same is true for a lot of European countries.
Huzzah! As a Kiwi, I'm very glad to finally have NZ street maps on Google Maps! Woo-hoo!
Check this out. This is a interesting find with Yahoo Geocoding API. Let's take Canberra for eg: Type the following url: http://api.local.yahoo.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=YahooDemo&city=canberra&state=australia
You get geocoding info for Canberra.
Similary try for Wellington, New Zealand:
http://api.local.yahoo.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=YahooDemo&city=wellington&state=new+zealand
I could not find any doc on this at Yahoo Geocoding site..., but it works...
This is great to see New Zealand has made it onto the map!
Great detail, it even has property boundaries, something I haven't noticed on other areas of the world.
The X-Men 3 movie website has the Australia hybrid view integrated into their http://xplanet.net site already. Fast movers :)
Maps/Satellite/Hybrid yes, searching NO!
I'd like to add my voice to the question "when do we get addresses"?
I am hoping this is just about to be switched on, as it is kind of limited to 10% of its potential without it.
That has to be coming soon.. besides, they really haven't officially announced it yet. Google usually rolls out in stages..
www.Zoomin.co.nz is keeping me happy with NZ Streetmaps at the moment.
Now also mentioned in the Sydney Morning Herald
So where is there a free geocoding service for Australia?
I think they look great, good to have NZ on the map!! looking forward to them releaseing their geocoding and driving directions. Well done though Google, if nothing else they have made online mapping very very popular, getting people to 'think spatially' can only be good
Yeah, search and driving directions don't work at the moment. I think the data is quite good, aside from the lot boundaries which are accurate (around my house at least), the M7 in western Sydney (which is less than a year old) is there.
Now as for searching, the overall quality for the whole world isn't that good anyway. When Australia fills the map focus, a search for Perth still goes to the Perth in Scotland. Aus. state names aren't even recognized.
Hmm, there is a road called "Seven Hills Road" near my house but it is incorrectly written as "7 Hills Road". I wonder if this problem appears elsewhere, maybe it has something to do with the fact that the US has lots of roads which use numbers?
Does anyone know if there are load restrictions on google maps - would they object if my site requested 10s of thousands of maps a day?
Bevan,
Check here:
http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
Terms of use are listed here..
So excited by Google Map for Australia and NZ that I moved my speed camera site over to it - see http://www.roadwatch.com.au for more!
you can search street names at the following site:
Mayo!
How do you complain if something is shown wrong?
In Hervey Bay Qld the Hospital is shown in the woring area and should be on Nissen Rd. This is quite serious.
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