Street View comes to Russia and UK

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Google have received an OK from British courts to launch it’s Street View service in the UK according to The Telegraph. Let’s hope Street View images from the UK are released soon.

And in Russia another service has taken photos on the streets similar to Google. If you understand russian the report and some photos of the car they use is available here. The images will be part of the Russian map service Gdeetotdom.ru. I beleive that russain domain name translates to “Where it is”. Update: I stand corrected. It means “Where is this house” as explained by a visitor in the comments. Thanks.

Olympics in China on Street View

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The 2008 Summer Olympics Game will be held in Beijing, China this August. I guess people may like to see something about Beijing, the host city. So here are some interesting streetview images of Beijing City from Google Street View’s chinese competitor City8.

1. Tian’anmen Square. It is regarded as the symbol of China. View

2, Olympic media center (the picture is taken in January, 2007. So it’s under construction at that time) View

3. The National Aquatic Center, which is also called “water cube”. (also taken in January, 2007) View

4. The National Stadium, known as the “bird’s nest”. (Ditto) View