Google has opened up Map Maker to users in Germany, Finland and the Åland Islands today, enabling citizens to update maps for their local area with new landmarks, roads and building outlines. To ...

The institute also recommended that in future maps should contain Swedish names for unilingually Finnish places. For example Lahti should be searchable from its Swedish name ’Lahtis’, while Kajaani ...

ALAND IS A Swedish-speaking autonomous region of Finland and consists of 16 municipalities. The island population is close to 30,000; around 12,000 live in Mariehamn. The smallest municipality ...