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Google Maps, Local Expand To UK

Posted by timothy on from the well-it's-about-thames dept.

Koushiro writes "From Google's official blog comes word that Google Maps UK and Google Local UK have been launched, confirming speculations that the search engine giant would continue to expand its regional services to an international audience. The seemingly logical next step, of course, would be to expand coverage to Western Europe, but given the input Google's UK office had into this project, can we expect Google Maps India next?"

18 of 373 comments (clear)

  1. Waving up at you :wave: by Freexe · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.478210,-0.1683 97&spn=0.043884,0.056873&hl=en/

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  2. UKIP Victory! by philbowman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr Kilroy-Silk will be pleased. Just go look at Britain, and zoom right out ([-] button). Look - no Europe! Just us Brits and our American fiends.

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    1. Re:UKIP Victory! by iainl · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, he says that he named it Veritas to signify that they're plain speaking.

      Because nothing says 'plain speaking' like a bit of Latin.

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    2. Re:UKIP Victory! by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
      He's formed his own party "Veritas".

      I think you'll find it's spelled 'Vanitas'...

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    3. Re:UKIP Victory! by tehshen · · Score: 3, Funny

      I was looking at the "Veritas Manifesto" and thought "Is it all going to be in Latin?"

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    4. Re:UKIP Victory! by dani317 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well its all greek to me.

    5. Re:UKIP Victory! by mrsev · · Score: 3, Funny

      The bastards, how dare they; they are feeding off the very lifeblood of the Conservative party.

  3. OK, I'm impressed. by Darkon · · Score: 3, Funny


    It even found my local chippy. Go Google!

    1. Re:OK, I'm impressed. by Jack+Taylor · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hmm, it didn't find mine, although I did see this interesting Google Ad:

      Fish And Chips
      Aff. Huge selection, great deals on
      Fish And Chips.
      eBay.co.uk

      This is still miles ahead of yell.co.uk though :)

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  4. India on Google Maps. by DarkHelmet · · Score: 2, Funny
    Type in: "My Job"

    And it goes to New Delhi...

    Wow, those google people are so smart.

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    1. Re:India on Google Maps. by frostman · · Score: 1, Funny

      Speak for yourself. I'm an expert. My job goes to Bangalore.

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  5. Pah! by veeoh · · Score: 4, Funny

    No "houses of ill repute", or "ladies of negotiable affection" near me - useless damn site!

    1. Re:Pah! by gowen · · Score: 2, Funny

      More worrying is that Somerset County Cricket Club is further down that list...

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  6. Hmm, good and bad things by iainl · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the one hand, it knows about the mighty Hings, the Food of the Gods. On the other, I'm more than a little disturbed by the Google ad that 'helpfully' suggests I could find cheaper Fish & Chips on eBay. Doesn't really bear thinking about, that one.

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  7. Re:Canada by Jussi+K.+Kojootti · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have they sold Canada? To whom?

  8. Re:Australia next please ! by strider44 · · Score: 1, Funny

    No it'd be easy - just make the middle 70% red.

  9. Re:From memory... by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone from the OS will hopefully be along shortly to correct my terminology...

    Why do I feel like I just entered TRON?

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  10. Hrm, where's little whingling? by drwho · · Score: 2, Funny

    4 Privet Drive, Little Whingling, Surrey doesn't work! But hey, you get strange results when you try to map Hogwarts, try it.