Google Maps has street data Germany and most other European countries
Cool, that was about time: maps.google.de, and a bunch of other European countries got street data too.
Weird: The new data doesn’t show up in applications using the Google Maps API. In my FOAF geolocation thingy, most of Europe is still a big blank territory. (Update, it works now, thanks to Alex for the hint!)
Funny: Google Maps can’t find Europe, Africa, or Asia. It does find America (but thinks it’s only North America). It does find Australia. It finds most countries, and most cities for the countries that have street data.
Good stuff.
April 27th, 2006 at 11:01 am
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April 28th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
I’ve been waiting for this.
Just happened: I added an event to my Google Calendar and added the location in the where field. The calendar picked it up and added a link to Google Maps. On the map I learned the name of the building and its website address. On the website I learned its office hours.
That’s almost semantic web already ;-P
May 2nd, 2006 at 12:58 am
European streets on Google Maps
I’ve just discovered - via dowhatimean.net - that Google Maps now displays European street names!
The API has also be updated (you have to make the changes by yourself if you use it), and also offers nice features as tabbed infos windows or
May 2nd, 2006 at 1:00 am
Richard,
You need to update your code if you wish to get new features of Google Maps (see API Documentation). Thus, you’ll get European street names in your FOAF geolocation tool, which will be great to add geolocation to one’s profile !