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)" <pamela....@gmail.com>
wrote:
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.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:26 AM, shai <shaya...@gmail.com> 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)" <pamela....@gmail.com> > 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).
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)" <pamela...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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 <shaya...@gmail.com> 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)" <pamela....@gmail.com>
> > 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).
