google maps hits new zealandFinally, Google Maps is starting to get a bit of detail for the New Zealand bit of the world map.

When it first launched, we didn't even make it onto the map, the Pacific Ocean just sprawled out endlessly to the West of the USA. Then we got added, but the zoom gave out well before you could start making out anything smaller that massive geologic objects on the ground.

But now, although the resolution for the highest zoom level still isn't as good as the US version, you can make out some of the bigger buildings and landmarks.

So, in the time-honoured tradition of bloggers everywhere, here's my personal google maps tour...

Where I live: Island Bay, Wellington (with the map centred on the 'Island': Tapu te Ranga)

Notable Landmarks nearby: The Airport and Miramar Peninsula (the latter being where Peter Jackson's film empire is based). The Stadium.

Slightly further afield: Mt Taranaki (so round!). Farewell Spit (so long!). Sumner (my childhood home).

Hopefully the street-maps bit of the maps service will kick in soon. Poor old Wises - who have an excellent service, by the way - must be quaking in their boots. Unless they're onselling their streetmaps info, of course, in which case they'll be laughing...
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