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Google Maps Now Cover Whole World

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the can't-get-there-from-here dept.

GregBryant writes "They haven't blogged it yet, but maps.google.com has added some additional scaling-out, and maps of the entire world are available. Only country names so far (except in the US, Canada & UK) but it's still nice to finally click back & forth between the Satellite imagery and some real maps, even if their proportions don't quite match."

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  1. So.... by Himring · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could always do this in Civ as soon as you build Apollo world wonder....

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  2. Well.. by PopeAlien · · Score: 4, Funny

    Getting all the country names and rough maps is a good first step for WORLD DOMINATION!

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    1. Re:Well.. by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

      Getting all the country names and rough maps is a good first step for WORLD DOMINATION!

      Hey I can see your house! It's all bright and shiny, like if it was covered in, I don't know, tin-foil or something. Most puzzling...

      Anyway, I'm so glad you pointed that out. After all, before google, we NEVER had detailed maps of the Earth with country names. I even thought the planet was flat...

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  3. Google Maps Now Cover Whole World by thewiz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just great! Now who's going to clean up this mess?

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  4. Not just US and UK, actually. by richie2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have satellite imagery of a very large piece of Denmark too: Clicky, clicky, looks just like the real thing to me. :-)

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  5. Re:Personally, I don't think it's worth of it by Trollstoi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Chicks sunbathing on roofs... just imagine...