Category: About Street View

Google will take Street View trike to british piers

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Google Maps Street View is coming to UK piers in collaboration with UK tourist authority VisitBritain. This to celebrate British Tourism Week and Party on the Pier 2011.

Street View trikes will be on show during Party on the Pier Saturday 12th March. One will be at Weston-super-Mare and the other on Brighton Pier. The public can see the trikes close up. (VisitBritain)

Israeli lawmakers OK Street View!

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Google Maps Street View is coming to Israel! It will likely take some time until we see any images from Israel on Street View, but lawmakers today said ok. This according to JTA.

The ministerial team instructed experts to work to protect vital public interests and decided that cooperation with Google would continue in order to operate the service in Israel as soon as possible, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
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Google reportedly plans to photograph only Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa. Certain areas of the cities reportedly will not be allowed to be photographed for security reasons.