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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?"

7 of 373 comments (clear)

  1. 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 gowen · · Score: 5, Informative

      Kilroy Silk isn't in UKIP anymore. He's formed his own party "Veritas".

      The name comes from the latin : "Verity" meaning "True" and "Ass", meaning "Robert Kilroy Silk".

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    2. 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. Not only the UK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    But Ireland as well.

  3. Canada by mincognito · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "expand its regional services to an international audience" Canada isn't the U.S. you know.

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  4. 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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  5. Unusual Projections by andrewbirkett · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In the UK, most maps use the British Grid projection. Google, in their international wisdom, appear to have used a different projection which causes the map to "appear wrong" to a UK person. Actually, the map is perfectly correct, it's just that Google are presenting it in a way which is not customary for the UK.

    For example, try a search for postcode "EH1" on http://maps.google.co.uk, and the same on www.multimap.co.uk. Notice that the shape of the quarter-circle road system (Princes St, Melville Drive, the Bridges) is different on each.