Hi Pamela,
So I was pleased to browse Tel Aviv in Israel on Google Maps and
noticed all of the streets are there! However, there are no street
labels. Is this also due to a contract issue, or do you expect to be
able to label these streets that are already on GoogleMaps soon?
Thanks!
Adam
On Sep 5, 8:46 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Shay-
>
> Regarding Israel coverage- The API coverage depends on data provider
> contracts, as always. In general, we're always trying to increase
> coverage, and I can't speculate more than that.
>
> Regarding Hebrew characters on the tiles-- Currently RTL languages
> like Hebrew are disabled in the API, due to technical issues. They
> should be enabled at some point in the future, and when that happens,
> you'll also see translated tiles, assuming your browser setting is in
> Hebrew.
>
> - pamela
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:26 AM, shai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Pamela,
> > Thanks for the update :)
> > About Israel coverage - is it a temporary issue or a permanent one ?
> > Also will the coverage will stay in English only with the API or will
> > there be an option to switch to Hebrew mode also (regardless to the
> > coverage problem) ?
>
> > Thanks again,
> > Shay
>
> > On Sep 5, 12:15 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi developers-
>
> >> Some small imagery updates are now live. API tiles changes include:
>
> >> Israel: Major roads and cities. Due to data provider contacts, the API
> >> coverage is much lower than what's now shown on maps.google.com.
>
> >> Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania (and Peru on the way): New MapMaker coverage
> >> for these countries.
>
> >> World: Cities added to previously blank countries.
>
> >> Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Zimbabwe: Street names
> >> shown.
>
> >> Europe: Street address ranges added at high zoom (e.g. zoom into
> >> Paris, France).
>
> >> - pamela
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