Australia and New Zealand Get Address search in Google Maps
Author: Glenn Slaven7 Sep
Today we are pleased to announce that geocoding has launched for both Australia and New Zealand. What this means is that you can now convert specific Australian or New Zealand street addresses into latitude & longitude so you can plot them on a map. Go ahead and try it out on Google Maps.
We are looking forward to seeing a flood of creative mashups come out of Australia and New Zealand. There are already a lot of great examples out there in diverse areas such as real estate, adventure tracks and even Australian Football League stadiums. I personally can’t wait to see the ski fields of New Zealand and the best beaches in Australia mashed up!
Australia and New Zealand Get Geocoding
I can’t really add any more to this than “Cool!”. Domain has recently launched a beta of using the Google Maps as mentioned by the Google post, I think we’ll see a whole lot of Australian sites start this now. Yay! Kudos to the Domain guys for getting in first!
Also, I didn’t notice this before, but Newcastle now has high-res satellite photos (along with the Geocoding), but my brother just misses out over in Anna Bay.
Other locations I looked up just ’cause I can:
- Glenmore Park Anglican Church
- Penrith Plaza (Westfield Penrith)
- The MCG in Victoria
- My previous house in Emu Plains
- My old house in Hoppers Crossing (The street is a wee bit off line)
- My primary school in Hoppers Crossing
- They get Ludmilla Primary School in Darwin wrong though, it’s actually over here
So. Very. Cool.
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5 Responses for "Australia and New Zealand Get Address search in Google Maps"
What I find odd is that maps.google.com.au still doesn’t work. So, going to maps.google.com gives you the US map. Other countries/kingdoms have the localised site, e.g. maps.google.co.uk.
[...] Geocoding on Google Maps for Aussies and Kiwis Glenn Slaven: Australia and New Zealand Get Geocoding. You can now take Australian or New Zealand street address, feed it into Google Maps geocoder, and it gives you back latitude and longitude for you to plot on the map. Domain, the FF real estate website, has got this in action so you can easily see where houses are on sale in a given suburb. This is just so cool, and I am sure many more web-based apps will take advantage of this new feature. Tagged in Australia, Google, Quickies | Thu, 7 September 2006 1:46 pm [...]
Yeah, I know. The directions to/from thing doesn’t seem to work yet either.
What I find odd is that maps.google.com.au still doesn’t work. So, going to maps.google.com gives you the US map. Other countries/kingdoms have the localised site, e.g. maps.google.co.uk.
Yeah, I know. The directions to/from thing doesn’t seem to work yet either.
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