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Google Maps in Europe
April 26, 2006
Posted by Steven Crossan, Product Manager, Google Maps Europe
We're excited to announce that we have just launched beta versions of Google Maps for
France
,
Germany
,
Italy
, and
Spain
. These sites include the full suite of interactive street maps, driving directions, and integrated local business search. This has been a global effort with Google teams in Paris, Hamburg, Milan, Madrid, New York, Mountain View, Kirkland, Sydney, London, Dublin, and Zurich working together for much of the past year to build a truly "local" product.
Accompanying this release, we have greatly improved high resolution imagery coverage for Europe in both Google Maps and
Google Earth
. Check out the
Eiffel Tower
in Paris,
Olympiastadion
in Berlin, and the
Grand Canal
in Venice.
To give you a preview of what's to come, we've also rendered street maps for many other countries in Europe. Developers, you can incorporate these maps and imagery into your own websites using the free
Google Maps API Version 2
.
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