These now include road and street maps of major cities.

Check out Myanmar Google maps below.

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U.N. Envoy Tries to Ease Tensions in Myanmar
By SETH MYDANS

BANGKOK, Sept. 30 — A United Nations envoy to Myanmar met Sunday with the detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and with several members of the military junta that last week crushed a peaceful pro-democracy uprising, the United Nations said.

The envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, spent more than an hour at a government guesthouse in the main city, Yangon, with Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years. He spent Saturday and Sunday nights in the administrative capital, Naypyidaw, 200 miles north of Yangon, where he met with government officials but not the top two leaders.

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The 2007 protests in Myanmar and the subsequent Myanmar cyclone disaster have people asking “is it safe to visit Myanmar?”

Yangon and many parts of the country were devastated by Cyclone Nargis.

The Myanmar ruling junta has clamped down on visits by foreign aid workers in the wake of protests and the cyclone.

As such, visitors should take some degree of precaution before traveling to Myanmar.

With much of the country in tatters after the cyclone, people visiting Myanmar for tourism purposes should make sure that the places they want to visit in Myanmar are no longer affected.

Before visiting Myanmar, it is always a good idea to check your government’s travel advisory website (U.S. State Department, etc) to see what safety precautions for Myanmar are advised.

Google maps show street and road views of Myanmar, as well as major and minor cities and towns.

Check out Google Maps of Myanmar below.

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With Signs of Resistance Continuing, Myanmar Offers Rare Concessions
By SETH MYDANS

BANGKOK, Sept. 7 — The authorities in Myanmar, apparently bowing to bad publicity, released a political prisoner today whose leg was broken when he was arrested in the recent outbreak of antigovernment protests. His case had gained international attention when fellow prisoners staged a hunger strike calling for his freedom.

On Thursday, a delegation of military officers was briefly held hostage by Buddhist monks at a temple outside the main city of Yangon. The officers had reportedly gone there to apologize to the monks for treating them roughly during a demonstration the day before.

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The three domestic airlines in Myanmar (formerly Burma) are Air Bagan, Air Mandalay, and Yangon Airways.

Most major cities and regions in Myanmar can be reached by flying one of these airlines.

Below is a list of common flights within Myanmar.

Flights to and from Yangon (formerly Rangoon):

- Flights from Yangon to Mandalay (Mandalay airport): Air Bagan, Air Mandalay, Yangon Airways

- Flights from Yangon to Bagan (Nyaung U airport): Air Bagan, Air Mandalay, Yangon Airways

- Flights from Yangon to Inle Lake (Heho airport): Air Bagan, Air Mandalay, Yangon Airways

- Flights from Yangon to Tachilek: Air Bagan, Yangon Airways

- Flights from Yangon to Kenthung (Kyaing Tong airport): Air Bagan, Yangon Airways

- Flights from Yangon to Sandoway and Ngapali Beach (Thandwe airport): Air Bagan, Air Mandalay, Yangon Airways

For those that know the old name Burma, it’s now known officially as Myanmar.

In 1989, the government officially changed this name to the more traditional Myanmar from the anglicized Burma, given by colonialists in the last century.

Really though many in the country still call it Burma.

Perhaps it’s a matter of gentle civil disagreement?