Argentina had been conspicuous by its absence from Google Maps (most other South American countries had at least some mapping data; Argentina was white space surrounded by maps), but no longer: Google Maps Argentina launched (in beta, of course) earlier this month. But the first I heard of it was this tweet from the Google Maps Twitter account.
Argentina is one of the countries supported by Google Map Maker, where users can add and edit mapping data.
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Actually, Argentina maps have been available on maps.google.com for alsmost a year. It’s the site maps.google.com.ar that’s new - the main difference being the Spanish language interface.
October 26, 2009 at 1:31 AM