Check out Google Maps

[ck4829]

Apparently several Eastern European countries don't have any roads, train tracks, or even cities for that matter.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&z=6&ll=46.634351,26.38916&spn=11.180364,20.610352&om=1

[habitual]

1. well, it wasn't until just this year that parts of europe got roads

as googlemaps has been slowly adding that feature for the european countries.

[ck4829]

2. I remember being able to see roads and cities before

[habitual]

5. i believe it was january 2006 when they added

most current maps that have roads (in europe) and also the extra 2 levels of zoom that they didn't used to have prior to Jan.2006.

I remember so well because at the time i was building the map site joemap.com that uses their technology.

Edit to add 'in europe'

[dipsydoodle]

3. I guess they don't want

anyone rooting around for secret prisons.

Tried google earth ?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

4. Google Earth has it.

Dunno why Google Maps doesn't. Probably some weird licensing agreement with whoever's providing the map data.

[YOY]

6. Or they don't see profit or need to include those roads in the maps

Granted, I know my way around Eastern Europe...

[madokie]

7. I checked it out the other day and here where I live

the focus used to be so I could see my lawnmower in the pic, now barely recognize my house. I am about 4 miles upwind of a pretty good sized industrial park and maybe that is why the focus is so bad now I don't know:shrug:
Anyways I just removed it from my computer again.