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Multimap have just released greatly improved imagery and mapping for the Multimap API and www.multimap.com.  The good news is that if you have an existing API implementation, you will not need to make any changes to get access to this new data.

The improvements are:

• The aerial imagery will now be Virtual Earth, which is much higher resolution and quality than the old imagery.  This change will be global. (see)
• Virtual Earth mapping will now be used for North America, which provides more detailed mapping that the old Multimap maps for North America. (see)
• Multimap mapping will remain for Europe, as this provides better detail and localised cartographic styles and labels. (see)

Don’t worry Ordnance Survey mapping will still stay for GB, along with the other localised mapping for areas of Southeast Asia.

Overall these changes bring improved country and region level maps worldwide and new street level coverage of including:

Asia – Japan
Africa – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, South Africa
Eastern Europe -Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia
Central and South America – Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile

This improved mapping and imagery is a result of Multimap’s closer integration with Microsoft and  associated Virtual Earth technology platform.