Yahoo Maps Goes Global with International Support
Update: I guess I jumped the gun a bit in assuming the international support went further then it did. It looks like only major roads are available internationally, and thus geocoding support is limited. Lets hope that they update again soon enough, aerial photos aren’t much good if you don’t know where to look!
Original Post:
Yahoo dropped a bombshell today announcing international data coverage support, a new and improved developer API, and the addition of aerial photos. You can read more about it here.
It might take me awhile to sort out all the areas that are covered by the new geocoder, but so far I have tested:
- France
- England
- China
- Australia
- Japan
- Germany
- Etc!
For me tracking down addresses in all those countries to test wasn’t easy, and Yahoo hasn’t come forward with the full list yet so it might take awhile to figure out what the coverage really is. The great news is that the batch geocoder was automatically updated with support for international addresses when Yahoo made the change. Please post any feedback here.
I should be able to fairly quickly update the other pages to reflect the other updates which include aerial photo support. This is really exciting!
