Comments on: Google Maps Team Launched Driving Directions For Africa – Awesome

By: AEM

AEM — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:52:56 +0000

Great that Google Maps finally made getting consistent driving directions in Africa a breeze. I’ve heard plenty of rural directions in my time (turn left and if you get to the blue barn, you’ve gone too far) so this is fantastic.

By: Ben Konrath

Ben Konrath — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:30:38 +0000

You should also check out the Open Street Map project (www.openstreetmap.org). One of the advantages is that it lets people edit the maps to so that the map can reflect how local people view the map (language, points of reference etc). OSM also allows raw access to the map data so that high quality physical maps can be created legally and easily. There are sites that will do routing based on OSM data.

By: felix

felix — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:20:28 +0000

Thanks for that! I laughed hard.

By: Henry Addo

Henry Addo — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:47:04 +0000

skk. Made that up :-)

By: jojoo

jojoo — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:20:58 +0000

Oh Henry! You dey make I dey laugh too much! skkk. Ask for Mr. Pee Jay? Who that? skkkk