mindless ramblings

I was just fooling around on Google Maps just now and I decided to pop over to Japan to see if they have a local version and they do! Not only that, it’s way cooler than the North American and European versions. It appears that they have building outlines for pretty much every building, as well as little icons for 7-11s, McDonalds, information stands and traffic junctions. Even walkways and pedestrian overpasses between buildings are shown! Moreoever, this data isn’t restricted to just Tokyo (where the screenshot was taken). A quick scroll to a random city provides much of the same data, albeit on a slightly less complete level. The satellite imagery isn’t as good though, with the drawn maps actually being of a higher quality. I can’t wait for the local version to get as good as this (if ever)!