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Various privacy complaints about StreetView in Australia

August 11, 2008

The Daily Mail has published an article today with a variety of complaints that people have aired against the new StreetView imagery in Australia.
The first one is quite interesting.  A guy lost his best friend in a boating accident, and drunk himself stupid to dull the pain.  When he got home, he collapsed on the [...]

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StreetView launches in Australia

August 4, 2008

As reported by Google Maps Mania, StreetView has just launched in Australia.  The coverage is quite extensive, covering the outer edge of much of the island, with solid coverage in the big cities.  For an example, check out the Sydney Opera House:

Go check it out for yourself.  If you find anything cool, submit it to [...]

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Various improvements to Live Maps overseas

July 3, 2008

A handful of new features have just been rolled out for the international versions of Live Maps.
Live Search Maps China has just had a handful of additions and improvements, including:

Real-time Traffic in Beijing
Send-to-Mobile for free for local search and transit routing result
Transit data refresh for existing 11 cities including 3 new subway in Beijing (No.10, [...]

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