"There are few, if any, agreed standards about what should be included, and the less populated and 'less important' regions get ignored. "
True, but this is not just a criticism of Google Earth. Maps are created for a purpose and generally contain the information deemed important by the cartographer who authored it, or whomever paid to have the map created.
With the wide-spread provision of map data as internet-based services, it is possible to quickly and easily bring together amazing amounts of map data from a variety of sources.
One example is the National Map Viewer: http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
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"There are few, if any, agreed standards about what should be included, and the less populated and 'less important' regions get ignored. "
True, but this is not just a criticism of Google Earth. Maps are created for a purpose and generally contain the information deemed important by the cartographer who authored it, or whomever paid to have the map created.
With the wide-spread provision of map data as internet-based services, it is possible to quickly and easily bring together amazing amounts of map data from a variety of sources.
One example is the National Map Viewer: http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1272921/Ten-greatest-maps-changed-world.html#ixzz0pjKAjyn5
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