Google street maps of UK now online

Finally, the UK version of Google Streetmaps is now online.

Google has had cars wandering around streets in 25 UK towns and cities for months, and you can now take a virtual drive through thousands of streets.

Coverage of the following towns and cities is now available: London, Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Southampton, Swansea and York.

More towns to follow later in 2009

Access Streetmaps via maps.google.co.uk