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Google Maps Prepares for Beijing Olympics

Keith Chan [PersonRank 10]

Friday, July 18, 2008
15 years ago3,548 views

Google Maps now shows detailed maps of major China cities instead of only showing in the ditu.google.cn domain:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/album.keith/SICX5lSg85I/AAAAAAAAEpg/yQVju_3DJ4c/s800/Google%20Maps.png

Maybe something to do with the Olympics?

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I also heard of changes to Google Maps Japan today. Leonardo writes:

<<I want to tell you that the google maps japan have changed the layer map, I think from today!

the name of some houses or commercial activities are now written on the house like the japanese real maps!>>

[Thanks Leonardo http://www.noicon.biz]

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

This is a great news for Chinese users!
Look Shanghai, yesterday it was only a simple dot on Google Maps, now there are more details.

quet [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

Interesting to notice the differences. What I notice immediately is:

   – The street names don't follow the curvature of the road. The letters always remain in a vertical position.
   – The Satellite overlay does not show the street "labels".
   – The Satellite overlay is not properly aligned with the road maps. It seems to be off by a quarter/half a screen when zoomed in fully.
   – Place names are in English – for me, other non-US countries names/labels appear in their native language
   – There are map icons/names representing restaurants, hotels, banks, etc. These remind me of the icons on the desktop version of Microsoft Streets & Trips.

Olly [PersonRank 0]

15 years ago #

You missed the most critical problem – the sat view and street views do not match up. Come on google!

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