The Map Room tells us Google Earth 6 is released in Beta this week.

The All Points Blog reports that China has given Google a deadline on mapping.

GIS lounge says that taxi drivers are providing more efficient driving directions in a number of ways, and that China’s World Map is upsetting the Vietnamese.

GIS Development News says a new 17th century map of Canada has been discovered.

And Google says Maplets will come out of Google Maps.