Google Maps has added roads for Russia, Turkey, Lithuania, Slovenia, Taiwan, Croatia, Greece, Thailand and Estonia. Driving directions now works to these locations, too. Try doing driving directions from the US to Europe and it will tell you to swim across the Atlantic Ocean for 3462 miles. Google apparently has a sense of humor.

Google Maps has updated its street and road maps to include several new countries. Countries include: Russia, Turkey, Taiwan, Thailand, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia and Lithuania. Google Maps My Maps are also now a little more relevant in these countries with streets and roads present to add some context.

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