Google Maps Now Cover Whole World

GregBryant writes "They haven't blogged it yet, but maps.google.com has added some additional scaling-out, and maps of the entire world are available. Only country names so far (except in the US, Canada & UK) but it's still nice to finally click back & forth between the Satellite imagery and some real maps, even if their proportions don't quite match."

Ocean Floor?

[RandomLetters]

Looking at the satelite maps of the ocean it looks like you can see the contour of the ocean floor. Is this from the satelite photos or is this generated artificially? It looks like the resolution of the ocean photos are lower than the land mass areas.

Re:Personally, I don't think it's worth of it

[Momoru]

I dunno for me its just interesting seeing other towns and stuff in different parts of the world. But I could just stare at a map all day and be entertained...

Re:No, that's what Israel lobbied for

[bug brother]

Satellites using US technology aren't permitted to image Israel with a resolution of greater than 2 meters per pixel. That's why the images of Israel are so lousy.

Right, it's stupid paranoia. It's not like they have neighboring dictators which repeatedly starts wars against them, or something.

Re:Nice going, jerkwad

[jericho4.0]

Classic. Equating criticism of Israel. the state, with white supremacy and anti-semitisim. Fuck you. The OP wasn't even criticising, just stating facts, yet you have to pull out that tired, old, card. Maybe the Jewish conspiracy theories would die if we could have an honest disscusion about Israeli politics, without screaming "Nazi!" and hiding behind accusations of racism.