I wanted to pass this along to folks who are using Google Maps …

Dear Premier customers,

We just made some changes to our map data for the United States that may affect your applications. Please read the post on the Google LatLong blog for full details, and the note below for more info on possible effects on your maps.

We’re excited to bring new features and functionality to Google Maps API Premier including: comprehensive parcel data, more detailed natural features like parks and water bodies, and new base map data types like bike paths and university campus maps. These updates have improved geocoding accuracy as well as our imagery/data alignment, and we’ll be making even more improvements going forward.

How does this update impact Maps API Premier customers? The data that powers API features like geocoding and driving directions has been updated. If you’re using client-side geocoding in the browser, your applications will automatically start using the new data. If you’ve been using the HTTP geocoder and caching any retrieved data, you should re-geocode with the new data as soon as possible. With the “Report a Problem” feature, we’ll be updating the map data regularly, so we recommend that you continue to refresh any cached data in order to take advantage of the latest data too.

We’re excited about this launch, and also pleased to announce that this move should shorten the time it takes to push corrections to the map to less than a month. Corrections to base data can now be quickly reported and tracked with the new  “Report a Problem” link to communicate directly with us about any updates or corrections that you think need to be made to our maps.  Our Google Enterprise Technical Support team is standing by to assist you if you have any questions and to make sure any issues are resolved quickly, at support.google.com/enterprise.

Thanks for your patience as we roll this out!

Google Enterprise Maps Team