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Google fills in the blanks with detailed maps of Kenya

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

Friday, April 3, 2009
15 years ago2,532 views

http://www.pcworld.com/article/162515/google_fills_in_the_blanks_with_detailed_maps_of_kenya.html

"Mobile-phone users in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, and Nakuru will be able to access Google Maps and search up-to-date online maps, look up businesses, advertise free via Google Maps Local Business Centre, create their own maps and even check locations while on the move.

Google has maps for Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, but the level of detail is not what it is for Kenya, said Mark De Blois, Google Maps lead.
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TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

It was already online last month
http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-maps-launches-in-kenya.html

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Aaah, sometimes online magazines have lack of news...

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Yes, and you can also --- for the first time ever – download vector data for Kenya made by Google Map Maker users. But you can't really use it for a commercial use because it's NOT OPEN SOURCE.
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/mapmakerdatadownload/

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Thanks, that was totally new!

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

It may have been last month, but it wasn't last week :P
<<Tuesday, March 31, 2009>>

Last month sounds like a long time ago, Tuesday dosn't :P
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/1000_times.png

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