Google Maps automatically displays place names in the local language of each country. While you cannot change the language of the place names, you can search for some major cities and locations in a number of different languages. In Google Maps there is a settings icon on the bottom-right of the map. Click setings icon and select "Search settings" and pick languages for list of languages including Chinese,
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Search for Google on Google Maps; it's in Mountain View, California.
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Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth launched in 2007.
The orange "pegman" icon in classic Google Maps is the tool to activate Street View mode in Google Maps. Normally you drag the orange "pegman" icon onto the map to activate street view mode at that location. The new Google Maps interface is redesigning the street view user interface.
You can, but it is a rather new functionality added to Google Maps / Google Earth, and at the moment, the street view is only available for major avenues and roads.
Google Maps helps you find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions for any place around the world.
Really google earth is not better than maps google earth on iphone/itouch is slugish and does not run very fast unless you have a good service in the area i recomend sticking to maps on your iphone it's better for portable phones.
Google Maps does not provide the historical imagery view feature that is available in Google Earth. To see past imagery you must use Google Earth. See related details in link below.
Google Maps helps you find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions for any place around the world.
When Google updates it street view photos in its image database then these updates are made available to Google Maps and Google Earth.
Try Google maps or Google Street View
Google Maps from the web browser and Google Earth from the desktop can view Street View. you can also view traffic.