Google maps for Israel have arrived

Ouriel reports that after months of anticipation Google are finally offering maps for Israel. For now though they are just in Hebrew, the English maps show the streets, but the names remain blank. I guess we are in the really early stages of development since their doesn’t seem to be any official announcement from the Google itself.

Oddly though, the 1949 Armistice Agreement line appears!


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Though as it was pointed out in the comments on Ouriel’s blog, the English maps are just a matter of time. If you type in an address in English in the Hebrew map section, it will take you to the proper address. Safe to say it is just a matter of time.

Now, if they only got that damn API working so we can really maximize the usage of the maps. Again, just a matter of time I suppose.

September 4, 2008 | Filed Under internets, israel, technology 

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2 Responses to “Google maps for Israel have arrived”

  1. Zemer on September 7th, 2008 11:04 am

    Cool. Thanks for letting people know

  2. Jennifer on September 23rd, 2008 9:04 pm

    This is seriously neat. Thanks for posting it. (ps don’t fall off the bandwagon now!)

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