In the last month, Google Maps was one of the most popular applications because it was periodically analyzed by the company or other specialists. As you know, the service allows you to view maps directly from the official website, giving you the possibility to calculate distances, plan trips or even find out some directions using your coordinates. Google Maps was designed as an online alternative for Google Earth, a downloadable software application that displays maps captured directly from the satellites.

Google Maps was also the subject of worldwide news that said terrorists are using Google's service to organize their attacks against the UK troops. The procedure was very simple: the terrorist identified the location of UK army and then, using the solution provided by the search giant, located and organized the attacks. After a meeting between Google and UK army representatives, the company decided to replace some of the images with older ones, a modification that can block terrorists to analyze the position of UK troops.

Today, the search giant announced a new domain for the maps service, saying that Google Maps is now also available in Australia. Although the solution already provided detailed images with Australian cities, the company released a specific domain, giving you the possibility to find maps and directions directly from a single website.

"It appears Australia now has its own domain for Google Maps. Google Maps went live with streets, roads and place names back on May 18th, 2006. Google Maps Mania reader Chris Clarke explains the experience prior to today in his email tipping us off on the new domain: "Australia's had its own street directory for a while now, but you've had to type Australia in your search each time," Google Maps Mania reported.