Google Street View also in Italy!
Just a few days ago I reported about Google Street View available in Spain. Italy now has the follow up! It is available in Rome, Florence and Milan.
As I said before, I expect more countries and cities to be announced soon!
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Mobile Maps get updated with Streetview and walking directions
Some of you may have read it elsewhere. Google is announcing StreetView and walking directions for Google Maps mobile!
Combine all of these features together with the MyLocation feature they introduced earlier and there is no way you can miss that specific restaurant with that 5-star review anymore. You got location-based services using Cell-ID, a top notch review, you got Streetview to show you the place and Google even provides you the walking directions on how to get there. Google Maps Mobile really is becoming some sort of personal navigator.
Now I’m thinking, maybe we should think of a way to measure that we actually visited a restaurant because of a specific review (=offline conversion) in Google Maps. Google Mobile coupons anyone?
You can checkout the youtube video from Google:
The research Quest
I was searching for some documentation about on site embedded Google Maps implementations and geocoding features of the Google Maps API. Many times, I have to remember myself, to look into the google code pages. Because they turn out to be a very helpful resource of information. So, with some help, I ran across this dynamical spreadsheat containing lots of information about availability of Google Maps services per country, including geocoding service, quality of maptiles, availability of driving directions / itinerary, Local Business Center availability and Language availability.
I haven’t really checked if all information is up to date, but it seems that most of it is. (let me know if you notice some flaws, like the availability of Ireland for example. )
So my tip for the day is; check out the Google Code pages; often, developers know more about the capabilities of a service and it helps you to sell a better product.
