It has been an obvious move for along time, and as an almost daily purveyor of realestate.com.au & domain.com.au, I’m very pleased to see this superior mapping service now being used by each site (domain last week, realestate this week).

Why did it take so long? Given that both have started using it at the same time, my guess is that the Aussie version of the Google Maps API has only recently been released.

This is a wonderful kick-in-the-pants for the other 2 Aussie online maps companies, neither of which have improved their service in the last few years: www.whereis.com.au & www.street-directory.com.au