Google Street View

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One of the cars that takes the pictures for Google Street View

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A man on a Google Street View bicycle

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Google Street View car in Genova, Italy

Google Street View car in Portugal

Google Street View car on display in France

Google Street View is a feature that is used by Google Maps and Google Earth to show various streets throughout the world. Urban areas have the most pictures; many rural areas have none. The program was launched on May 25, 2007^[1] and now has 48 countries with full or partial coverage.

Countries

As of 10 August 2014

With coverage

Country or territory	Year added
Åland Islands	2010
Andorra	2012
22x20px Antarctica	2010
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	2013
Australia	2008
Austria	2012
Belgium	2011
22x20px Botswana	2012
Brazil	2010
22x20px British Indian Ocean Territory	2013
22x20px Bulgaria	2013
Canada	2009
Cambodia	2014
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	2012
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	2013
22x20px Colombia	2013
Croatia	2012
Czech Republic	2009
Denmark	2010
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador	2013
Estonia	2012
Finland	2010
France	2008
Germany	2010
22x20px Gibraltar	2012
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	2014
Hong Kong	2010
Hungary	2013
22x20px Iceland	2013
India	2012
Iraq	2011
Ireland	2010
Isle of Man	2011
Israel	2012
Italy	2008
Japan	2008
22x20px Jersey	2011
Latvia	2012
Lesotho	2013
Lithuania	2013
Luxembourg	2013
22x20px Macau	2010
Malaysia	2013
22x20px Martinique	2013
Mexico	2009
24px Midway Islands	2012
22x20px Monaco	2011
Nepal	2012
Netherlands	2009
22x20px New Zealand	2008
Norway	2010
22x20px Peru	2013
22x20px Pitcairn	2013
Philippines	2012
Poland	2012
Portugal	2009
Qatar	2012
Romania	2010
Russia	2011
San Marino	2012
Singapore	2009
Serbia	2014
Slovakia	2012
Slovenia	2014
South Africa	2010
South Korea	2012
Spain	2008
Swaziland	2013
Sweden	2010
Switzerland	2009
Taiwan	2009
Tanzania	2013
Thailand	2012
Turkey	2014
Ukraine	2012
United Arab Emirates	2013
United Kingdom	2009
United States	2007

Planned coverage

Country or territory	Continent
Bangladesh	Asia
Bhutan	Asia
Cambodia (public streets)	Asia
Indonesia	Asia
Malaysia (public streets)	Asia
Philippines (public streets)	Asia
Austria (public streets)	Europe
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	Europe
Luxembourg (public streets)	Europe
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (public streets)	South America
Unofficially announced
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Africa
22x20px Kyrgyzstan (public streets)	Asia
Laos (public streets)	Asia
22x20px Mongolia (landmarks)	Asia
Pakistan (landmarks)	Asia
United Arab Emirates (public streets)	Asia
22x20px West Bank	Asia
22x20px Faroe Islands (public streets)	Europe
Guernsey (public streets)	Europe
Montenegro (public streets)	Europe

Countries in bold symbolize countries with full coverage.

Google Street View Media

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Google Street View car in Germany
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Google Stream View Camera, taken on Google Campus in Mountain View, CA, USA. Please excuse the water droplets on the camera, it was raining that day.
Google Street View trike April 2010 United Kingdom.jpg

A Google Street View trike
Google Street View at ALMA AOS.jpg

A Street View Trekker backpack-mounted camera
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Google Maps Street View Trekker backpack being implemented on the sidewalk of the Hudson River Greenway in New York City
The cameras of this Google Street View car are mounted on the roof rack. The power and data cables are fed into the car through the right rear passenger window.
A Google Street View car in Japan
A backpack camera on display at the Google campus in Mountain View, California, in February 2018

References

↑ https://epic.org/privacy/googlespyfi/Keyes.pdf

Other websites

[1] ttps://epic.org/privacy/googlespyfi/Keyes.pdf

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