Shanghaiist: Google's English-language Shanghai map gets major upgrade

davehattan

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:16:20 +0800

Using Google's updated data, a map of Shanghai clubs, subways, etc... Shanghai Map

Bumix

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:48:56 +0800

Sorry for the late comeback, but i need to say that it's really PANYU LU! It's named after a historical town/district next to Guangzhou in Guangdong. I actually lived on Panyu Lu in Shanghai and then started working right next to Panyu town, so i am kind of an expert! :) I know that the character 番 by itself is usually pronounced 'fan' and 80% of the taxi drivers in Shanghai only know 'Fanyu Lu', but it's still wrong. -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panyu

lollopaz

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:59:54 +0800

all the Olympic host cities have been changed

matthewmayer

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:09:52 +0800

Note that all street mapping in China is shifted about 500m from the true latitude/longitude for 'security reasons'. If you look at a placemark in Google Earth compared to Google Maps, they won't match up properly!

matthewmayer

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:33:06 +0800

http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071122_panyu_lu_or_fanyu_lu.htm

ououou

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:49:25 +0800

To Bumix it's fanyu rd not panyu rd,mate!

Bumix

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:20:31 +0800

It's Panyu Lu not Fanyu Lu!!

dedlam

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:55:42 +0800

Hurrah. But whats the deal with the bookstores.

lollopaz

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:09:34 +0800

Huangponanlu? Shanxin? come on... that said, at a different zoom level Shanxin becomes Shanxinanlu, which is still misleading (e.g. 陕新安路), but better. That different zoom levels have different text implies workflow troubles, methinks. But an improvement nonetheless. Looks like Beijing's been made over too (perhaps this happened before, it's been a while since i used maps.google.com). However, a sample of other provincial capitals (Ji'nan, Kunming, Guangzhou) implies that Chinese is in use elsewhere, which i think is still an improvement to the 'blankness' that existed before.

wandernut

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:57:51 +0800

Strange. I don't recall ever seeing a Metro station on Huashan Lu or Gao'an Lu.