Found this interesting... Google has offices in Tel Aviv and Haifa.
http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=intl.html&jobslg=iw On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It doesn't matter if Yahoo has it. Google and Yahoo don't always use the > same map data services. And they don't necessarily have the same service > level agreements. > > Neither produce their own map data, afaik. > > Both are at the mercy, currently, of their data providers, their data > agreements, their ability > to augment holes in the data with their own add-ons. > > There has apparently been a semi-serious revolution brewing in Google's > Indian google maps offices, where they want WAY better maps for non-American > and non-European countries. (google it if you want to follow along) > > A lot of engineers are spending their 20% time on this, and my > understanding is there are a number of "grouplets" working on it. > > I am going to keep reading about this, as I am now interested. > > Jerry > > > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:33 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Do a comparison with other mapping sites (Yahoo) and see if its lack of >> information (Google should have the best as they have the best equipment >> for >> it) >> >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Wow, there are only a handful of countries that appear to have NO >> > information at all. >> > >> > Israel >> > Azerbaijan >> > Armenia >> > Georgia >> > Cypress >> > Dominican Republic >> > Turks and Caicos >> > Bahamas >> > Martinique >> > Guyana >> > Suriname >> > French Guyana >> > Argentina >> > Falkland Islands >> > North Korea >> > South Korea >> > >> > Some of these are "disputed" from the standpoint of declarations of war, >> or >> > UN resolutions. >> > >> > But most are not. Is there a pattern, or just a lack of purchasable >> data, >> > or >> > is it just vendor holes? >> > >> > >> > I've got bids on the Bahamas, if the above are up for grabs. >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:18 AM, Michael Dinowitz < >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > Hm, Are they next? >> > > >> > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > > Armenia and Azerbaijan have nothing, either, FWIW >> > > > >> > > >> > >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
