{"id":1844862,"date":"2025-08-17T16:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844862"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:00:41","slug":"some-asian-updates-to-online-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/08\/some-asian-updates-to-online-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Asian Updates to Online Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google has announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/maps\/nepal-street-view\/\">Street View imagery is now available for Nepal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Apple observers are reporting that cycling directions are rolling out for Hong Kong and Taiwan in Apple Maps (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/25\/08\/07\/apple-maps-now-helps-cyclists-navigate-hong-kong-and-taiwan-streets\">AppleInsider<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/08\/07\/apple-maps-cycling-directions-taiwan-hong-kong\/\">MacRumors<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Update, 22 Aug<\/em>: And <a href=\"https:\/\/stuartbreckenridge.net\/apple-maps-detailed-city-experience-adds-singapore\/\">Singapore gets the Detailed City Maps treatment in Apple Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced that Street View imagery is now available for Nepal. Meanwhile, Apple observers are reporting that cycling directions are rolling out for Hong Kong and Taiwan in Apple Maps (AppleInsider, MacRumors). Update, 22&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/08\/some-asian-updates-to-online-maps\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-08-17T20:36:41+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lwmqee7vqg2e","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lwmqee7vqg2e\",\"cid\":\"bafyreigrnayoxzfkzqlhd22lz4hzdvusdw7pnnku7zplvkp3vltb6xivve\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreidz23456fsvpxdnizpvvyld4w3yn6or2s5p3mztc62rmfgusyehsq\",\"rev\":\"3lwmqeean6g2e\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,342],"tags":[83,577,82,1628,1389,1060,108,1630],"class_list":["post-1844862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","category-sport-recreation","tag-apple-maps","tag-cycling","tag-google-maps","tag-hong-kong","tag-nepal","tag-singapore","tag-street-view","tag-taiwan","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1817545,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/07\/apple-maps-roundup-for-july-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844862,"position":0},"title":"Apple Maps Roundup for July 2023","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 July 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"Downloadable maps are coming to Apple Maps in iOS 17 this fall. 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