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Google now maps SA

Posted on 13. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry in Technology

Up until now, Google Maps has always been a fun and useful tool – if you lived in California.

But now, the people from MapStudio, and other companies in SA that make maps, will be sweating grenades and throwing darts at screen shots of the Google homepage.
Because Google maps is now suddenly available for the streets of South Africa.

Hip hip…hooray. We have arrived. Palo Alto knows we exist.

Whats the bet – some Google hobnobs are coming to tan their skinny, white asses on Clifton beach this December and thought they’d might as well get some directional information loaded, so they don’t land up in Rondebosch or something awful like that.

They’re not the most accurate or comprehensive street maps you’ve ever seen – but its a start.

Google Maps

[Thanks Henk - who spotted this first]