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It is now possible to localise the Multimap API for a specific language.  This means that when I am in Austria, I can develop a mapping application using localisation and see the world from German speaking perspective.  So at last German speakers no longer need to know that Map = Karte.

To do this I add a LOCALE_CODE parameter to my Multimap API request like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://clients.multimap.com/API/maps/1.2/[API_KEY]?locale=de-AT"></script> 

Then the API version I get has all of the following localised:

• labels, tooltips and messages;
• alternative language map labels (currently available only in China);
• translated Virtual Earth hybrid aerial map labels (where available);
• Local Information categories;
• default units (Imperial or metric) in map copyright bars; and
• route instructions.

You can see this in action in the excellent demo application my colleague Alexis Harakis put together here.

Localisation is all documented here and the locale codes are described here

Happy localising!