Big News: Google Maps street maps for ALL of Europe!
Some loyal Google Maps Mania readers have tipped me off on some big news in the world of Google Maps - Street maps for all of Europe! What a surprise people will have when they wake up on Tuesday morning! Not only are street level maps now available (in addition to the satellite maps available previously) but so are driving directions! Google Maps Mania is about to erupt with more new mashups to come from this area of the world! :)
Update: Check the comments section for more information about the updated street map data in various parts of Europe as observed by many readers.
[Thanks to Frank and Stefan for the tip!]
Update: Check the comments section for more information about the updated street map data in various parts of Europe as observed by many readers.
[Thanks to Frank and Stefan for the tip!]
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Perhaps not so well covered, but reaching the whole territory: Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Norway, Sweden, Finland
Partially: Greece (Athens OK, but limited detail in other areas), Istanbul area in Turkey, Moscow in Russia.
Just some road lines over "white" land: Belarus (road to Moscow), Serbia, Macedonia.
Roadmaps and streetplans also show in mashups using the API v.2.
Cheers,
Henk, microdot.be
Theses maps are online since 3:00 am (hour of Paris)
French article just after the launch
The European maps mean great job opportunities for mashup makers. Thanks Google!
This is probably so you can plan trips abroad etc.
Some of the rural UK, has not really improved from what was already available.
Amadej
"ALL of Europe" is much bigger (area) then the parts covered.
Cheers,
a European!
P.S. Please don't be as ignorant as U.S.A citizens calling themselves and only themselves as "Americans".
It is more then nothing. The only problem with maps and route planners is that if they are not up to date it does not really matter if they are 1 or 10 years old ... you can not be sure of what they give you :-(
Anyhow, Google, keep up the good work!
It was funny however to see that the Adsense ad next to the map did provide a relevant ad to the city ;-)
Bob
Also, I must say thanks for the new satellite data of Malta... however it is only half the country. I can't understand why they only have half of a country this small?
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Thank you for being so quick ;)
Guillermo Ruiz de Loizaga
We'll do that when Europeans, or at least the UK media and people from other countries that are interviewed on television, stop refering to our country as simply America.
Sweet
You should replace "ALL" with "a good bit so far".
Slovenia is a part of Europe - this Google knowledge is poor...
by Slovenec
Slovenia is a part of Europe - this Google knowledge is poor...
by Slovenec
actually Lithuania as well as Estonia and Latvia are in EU too, so you stating that the maps were updated only for European Union countries is wrong too.
I live in the EU, in one of the first EU member countries, but am a citizen of a Country in Europe, but not in the EU (yet).
You can't imagine how many (percent) of the people around me (I work in an academic environment, so I presume my expectations cannot be to high) have the impression that Europe ends where the EU ends, and, that the other countries lie in Europe, but they are not really "European".
Cheers,
SiSoie
This is a very nice feature, one I'm wondering if will make an appearance in the United States maps. It seems that Google's idea would be to eventually merge Google Transit with Google Maps and the station locations would be a great first step.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=leeds&daddr=stockholm&ll=55.9492,8.261719&spn=10.817525,29.619141&om=1
Satellite pic is now much sharper from the town but it is like 3-4 years old.
My home Country, Slovenia, is not routable. And it's a shame, considering it's the ONLY European Union country with roads that cannot be routed. Other nonroutable country is it's neightbour, Croatia (though not in EU yet). Apart from countries like Cyprus and Malta, which according to google maps don't even have roads.
Disgrace!