Google maps vs. Live maps for Sri Lanka

While browsing through GoogleOperatingSystem blog today I was excited to find out that they had added Sri Lanka to Google maps (http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/09/google-maps-covers-54-new-countries.html). I was thinking finally there’s a way to automatically route to destinations within Google maps. This excitement was short lived to find out that they have only included the main A class roads.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sri+lanka&ie=UTF8&ll=7.85794,80.930786&spn=3.210122,5.987549&z=8&om=1

Meh…. My fault really, I shouldn’t have expected something like the Australian maps when it’s the same case for Indian maps.

Still Microsoft Live maps have the most detailed mapping of Sri Lanka. Although it doesn’t include detailed roads, unlike Google maps it includes names of a lot of towns and localities.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=7.838205~80.855936&style=r&lvl=8&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1