It's pretty lame, but it is their free service. They can take their ball and go home if they want.
John
· 1 year ago
And Karabagh should be listed under Armenia, since its historically Armenian
Jon
· 1 year ago
Well, if people are not satisfied with Google Maps they can always use Openstreetmap. Most cities in Europe the data is of much higher quality anyway and even in Georgia there is some data available. Unfortunately, they only show it in their local language.
Peter
· 1 year ago
I think the better story would be what were the implications of Google taking down information (if they did) during a time of war. The fact is people were either interested in or needed map information during a time of chaos. A better technology related story to the Georgia-Russia conflict here... www.gothamtechminute.blogspot.com
beth
· 1 year ago
I couldnt agree with you more. Google is doing people a favor by even having it... before them, no on had anything as nice as them. Google shouldnt HAVE to do anything.
Jed
· 1 year ago
Live maps seems to have the best detail of the high-end web map products.
First of all, Google Earth does have some data wich allows users to see individual buildings, so there's no reason why Google Maps shouldn't have the same data.
Secondly, this little flap should be seen in the wider context of the problems faced by Georgia related websites just before the conflict began. I think Google's name was dragged in just to give more publicity to the issue.
Mladen Mihajlovic
· 1 year ago
Google in _not_ doing anybody a favour for having google maps. This is it's business and it is servicing customers. If the customers are not happy then there is an issue.
Other than that Google has been a bit slow with some countries' data. South Africa is still very poor on Google maps and for no reason since there are loads of good sources for that data.
John Doe
· 1 year ago
I disagree with you Don. That is sort of like saying in my eyes lets not launch our beta product until we are good.
If you make it, they will come, so why leave it blank, put in the basics and let the rest build around it.
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http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=...
http://finder.geocommons.com/overlays/3949
Secondly, this little flap should be seen in the wider context of the problems faced by Georgia related websites just before the conflict began. I think Google's name was dragged in just to give more publicity to the issue.
Other than that Google has been a bit slow with some countries' data. South Africa is still very poor on Google maps and for no reason since there are loads of good sources for that data.
If you make it, they will come, so why leave it blank, put in the basics and let the rest build around it.