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Google Maps & Maps API Draw From Different Data
Google Maps and Their Data Providers over at O’Reilly Radar looks at how for Google Maps, data comes from NAVTEQ while the…
Google Says Taiwan is Now Taiwan Not Taiwan, Province of China
Via Inside Google word in a San Jose Mercury Story that Google is labelling Taiwan as Taiwan on Google Maps and no…
Google Says Taiwan Label Fits International Naming Conventions But Will Review
Google Blogoscoped points to an update on the Google Maps/Taiwan issue I wrote about earlier. From Google defends map service listing at…
Sharing MSN Virtual Earth Maps with MSN Messenger
Here’s something I’ll be trying this weekend. Yesterday, Via Virtual Earth announced a new and very cool service that allows MSN Virtual…
Google Merges Maps & Local, Brings North America Out of Beta
Google Local and Maps are now a single unified service, known as Google Local. “Google maps has always integrated local listings, and…
Taiwan Not Happy With Being A Chinese “Province” In Google Maps
Via SEO Book, Taiwan tells Google it is not a China province from Reuters has Taiwan asking Google to stop calling it…
Local Matters Goes After Local Search Tech Market
The eWeek article, MapQuest Founder Chases Local Search Crown, offers a look at a new local search technology player, Local Matters, and…
Yahoo Maps Japan Begins Adding User Info
Yahoo begins updating online map based on user tips, from Japan Today, reports that Yahoo Maps Japan has begun allowing users to…
Mobile Access + Local Search + GPS
A new article from News.com: Tech turns phones into back-seat drivers, reports on a presentation at Demofall today of the Destinator Anywhere…
More Travel Search Resources
A sightseer’s best sites: Answers to your travel questions on the Web from the San Jose Mercury News is a very nice…