It appears Australia now has it's own domain for Google Maps. Google Maps went live with streets, roads and place names back on May 18th, 2006. Google Maps Mania reader Chris Clarke explains the experience prior to today in his email tipping us off on the new domain: "Australia's had its own street directory for a while now, but you've had to type Australia in your search each time."
Other Google Maps "domains": USA, Canada, UK & Ireland, Netherlands, Japan, China, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Planet Mars, The Moon, Google Maps for Enterprise
New Google Maps Mashups for Australia:
It appears that this also includes New Zealand as well. Not that we are apart of Australia or anything :-)
ReplyDeleteThe big question is when will Australian business data be available in Australia. The availability of the Australian URL in itself is irrelevant. The only thing that has changed is the removal of the unavailable links. Unfortunately there has been no addition of any features or functions.
ReplyDeleteTheres no directions, its only for searching addresses
ReplyDeleteLooks like local search and driving directions are live now
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