Google Street View - Full UK Coverage unveiled tomorrow

Darren

Google are set to unveil the results of a huge survey of UK streets tomorrow.

Currently only a few select cities and other areas have Google Street View coverage but that is set to change.

The Mountain View behemoth will unveil a comprehensive map of the UK with Street View's full 360 degree photo coverage of every major street in the UK.

For the past 18mths Google has been surveying the country and collating the massive amounts of data required to build and offer the full UK Street View map.

Despite privacy concerns the service has proved to be very popular. Google software automatically blurs the faces of individuals captured by Street View where they may otherwise be identifiable and a similar process operates to obscure vehicle number plates.

To check if your neighbourhood has been Google'd check http://maps.google.co.uk tomorrow.
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mrfrank · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 46

mmhhh, this may also mean that we will finally be able to have Google Navigation working in the UK on Android phones.
So far turn by turn navigation available as part of Google Maps for Android is only working in the USA and it is disabled anywhere else on the google server side (on the phone you simply do not get the option when you are not in USA, unless you use a hacked version of Googlemaps ... but this is another story though).
This was allegedly due to licensing issue with TeleAtlas, which do not apply in the USA as USA maps are google's property.
If now Google have finished mapping UK, they will not need TeleAtlas anymore and they can offer free SatNav to Android users without any impications. Wink

Nice one.

Cheers.

Darren · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:53 pm Post subject:

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MaFt · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:06 am Post subject:

woohoo! my cat is on there!! and yes, i mean CAT and not CAR - though both car's are on there too!

MaFt

MaFt · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:08 am Post subject:

the fact that nearly all roads have been driven on to get the streetview images shows that they have now got the streets initially mapped - i'm sure they will have logged the tracks and not just the images!!

just a case of getting road names and turn restrictions matched up though...

MaFt

Radeon12345 · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 03, 2006 Posts: 10

Brilliant, my street is now mapped Very Happy

Darren · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:41 am Post subject:

M8TJT · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:03 am Post subject:

Following Darren's link in the OP, all I get is the standard google maps. Sad

How do I get this magical street view Question

MaFt · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:22 am Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:24 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:34 am Post subject:

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GerryC · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:34 am Post subject:

I take it they are claiming 99.something% as there are a few around me (well used roads - not side streets) that aren't on it. Also, some have been photo'ed but the map doesn't show the blue outline.

Haven't seen myself yet. Crying or Very sad

Let's watch productivity drop today. Laughing

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GerryC · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:58 am Post subject:

I know it's bad form to follow my own post but this is the first time I've noticed the 3D buildings when you zoom in really far in city centres. In Birmingham, the heights and shapes look quite current (eg the coach station finished last year is there in it's current shape).

Just about every POI mark is still wrong though. Sad

Gerry

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