Since the inception of Google Maps Mania I've been trying to keep readers current on what new country updates are hitting Google Maps. Google has announced a significant update to the number of countries with markings for streets, roads, place names and transportation routes on Google Maps. Here are some highlights from Dave Barth's post on the Google LatLong Blog titled: "More of the world for you to explore":
- 54 new countries added
- Double the coverage in Latin America
- Three times the coverage in the continent of Asia
Afghanistan, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Timor-Leste, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen
More from Dave's post:
We have better detail for some countries than others, but this is just the beginning. In coming months, we'll be working tirelessly to add more detail to the existing countries in Google Maps, and we'll also be adding new countries to the list.
Another observation I have is that map labels are much easier to read when viewing the map on hybrid view. Take a look:
These new countries are visible when creating maps/mashups on My Maps as well as through the Google Maps API. So get mapping! :)
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8 comments:
google maps is not being very consistent!
haiti is getting streets update and not the domincan republic???
1st the DR has a huge tourism industry and haiti has very little to none tourists dropping by... and 2nd haiti has almost no internet and the DR has a lot of people using the internet... makes absolutely no sense..
this only makes sense if google makes streets available for haiti if they want to please NGO's and the UNO peace keeping force in haiti...
i'm pissed that google maps would make a decision like that to leave an aspiring country like the dominican republic out of this update!!!
The timing on this is perfect: I am about to leave for Honduras, and that happens to be one of the included countries.
http://tinyurl.com/yqwemv
Australia now has street numbers shown in each block of land when you zoom right in. Some numbers are missing but most are there.
And what about Argentina?
Aargh. Their data for the Philippines is exactly the same as Microsoft's Live Maps, which doesn't have high detail and is quite inaccurate. I've talked about this update in my blog if you want to learn more.
There is a route map on google maps in http://www.welcomeargentina.com/rutas
That it happens to Argentinean?
In Buenos Aires the third headquarters of google settles but still we do not have google map. well by our neighbors Uruguay Chile Brazil and some cities of Bolivia
Regards
Javier from Buenos Aires
Here in Argentina, we are left behind by google maps. We have no streets and routes by google. I use the excellent site www.flof.com.ar, which integrates satellite maps from google and streets from the mapear project.
But I would like to view and have access to streets and routes from google, so as to use the API.
Thank you very much.
Daniel from Argentina
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