# Google Maps - None of Mexico **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 11, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-none-of-mexico/411363 "2007-07-11T14:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![depocali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@depocali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/depocali)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-none-of-mexico/411363/21 "2007-07-12T17:32:59Z")
Just in case you need a map of Cozumel here it is [Map of Cozumel](http://www.advantagemexico.com/cozumel/sp_map.html) for the entire Island and for the City of San Miguel [City Map](http://mapserver.inegi.gob.mx/geografia/espanol/estados/qroo/imgs23/cozumel.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-none-of-mexico/411363/22 "2007-07-12T17:57:29Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Central Sydney has some of the highest resolution imagery on Google Maps now. [Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sydney,+NSW,+Australia&ie=UTF8&cd=1&mpnum=0&ll=-33.860421,151.209589&spn=0.00013,0.000299&t=k&z=22&om=1) [/QUOTE] Wow! That is impressive. You can practically [count the bikinis](http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&t=h&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=-33.860786,151.20913&spn=0.000157,0.000344&z=22). I wonder when the picture was taken–isn’t it winter there now? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-none-of-mexico/411363/23 "2007-07-12T17:59:43Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] But I’m almost certain Google Earth had Mexican road information at one time. I could be mistaken, I might have been using some other app at the time (like I said, it’s been a while ago), but I sure thought it was Google Earth. At any rate, some app had Mexican road information, and street names down to neighborhood levels, this much I am sure of. [/QUOTE] Just to be clear: Google Earth and Google Maps are two different things, using two different data sets, if I’m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-none-of-mexico/411363/24 "2007-07-12T18:05:25Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Just to be clear: Google Earth and Google Maps are two different things, using two different data sets, if I’m not mistaken. [/QUOTE] Well, possibly they are using the same data; at least at some points. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-none-of-mexico/411363/25 "2007-07-12T20:00:18Z")
[QUOTE=depocali] Just in case you need a map of Cozumel here it is [Map of Cozumel](http://www.advantagemexico.com/cozumel/sp_map.html) for the entire Island and for the City of San Miguel [City Map](http://mapserver.inegi.gob.mx/geografia/espanol/estados/qroo/imgs23/cozumel.pdf) [/QUOTE] Yes, but those are simple pictures of maps, not searchable road network databases from which one could find an address and get driving directions. And Google won’t load new data into its map servers without those capabilities. At least, I doubt they would. Ed ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-none-of-mexico/411363/26 "2007-07-12T20:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Just to be clear: Google Earth and Google Maps are two different things, using two different data sets, if I’m not mistaken. [/QUOTE] One thing is for sure: The satellite imagery data and the road network data definitely come from different sources. Ed [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-none-of-mexico/411363.md?page=1)