We just heard via the BlackBerry Developer’s Blog that BlackBerry Maps has been completely overhauled with an updated look and a revamped rendering engine…

As part of our continuous effort to improve our map client and the data services behind it, we have added some really exciting features to our BlackBerry® Maps offering.

Data coverage has been extended by adding 34 new countries, including Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, New Zealand, The Philippines and Taiwan.

We have also spent a significant amount of our efforts to optimize the visual appearance of the maps with a stronger rendering engine as well as with a new color scheme. New POI databases for hospitals, universities/colleges, police stations, train/subway stations, shopping centers, parking, parks and airports were also added wherever available…