Category: About Street View
What happened to the Google car?
January 2007?????
Google claim this Street View image of Kokura Castle in Japan was taken in January 2007. If that is accurate it would make it one of the earliest Google Maps Street View images ever published.
Link (thanks kalmarle)
Butterfly sticker decoration on Google’s car
I think we have a blur problem here?
Google refletion
Link (thanks Wiktor)
The camera is a little dirty
Google bike
Street View of Japan in 2008
Street View in Japan was launched in 2008, but is no longer fully available due to privacy concerns.
This is because the Street View car’s high-mounted cameras capture images of the inside of homes.
Google lowered the camera height and re-shot the images, and all previous ones were made private.
(However, all of the re-shot were also made private). But there is a way to see the old images by using a direct link. Example:
Link
This is the higher camera.
Link
Thanks to: https://www.streetviewfun.com/2024/truck-cab-on-its-trailer-in-japan/
Incidentally, it seems that for some reason, Street View from 2008 was released around 2021. However, it was quickly deleted.
Bonus: Mercedes-Benz W221
