Google Maps updates South Africa

I recently wrote a post about Googles new Latitude application, in that post I slightly criticized Google for their poor roadmaps in South Africa. “Sadly though Google’s street maps in South Africa are really poor and half the time you can’t see the roads. Lets face the facts, the satellite images may be cool but they don’t really help much when navigating in a hurry.”

Well the good news for this week is that Google must have read my post and they have finally turned their attention to South African roads. Although there is still alot that needs attention for their South African road Maps, it sure is a good step in the right direction.

To see the new maps follow this link and search for your local town. http://www.google.com/maps

Oh btw the street maps in Google Mobile Maps (Symbian) are still outdated for some reason, so don’t get to excited. They are however all live on the PC and via the iPhone.

With the 2010 soccer world cup just around the corner, it’s good to see Google is finaly mapping our part of the world. I wonder when the google street view car will start mapping our roads