Android World Update # Where is Google Maps Street View available? A whole lot of places, with more to come

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Where is Google Maps Street View available? A whole lot of places, with more to come Aug 15th 2013, 15:50, by Andrew Martonik Cars, backpacks, trolleys, snowmobiles and trikes are slowly mapping the world from a first person point of view. We know Google has been hard at work mapping the entire world with a combination of different satellite footage, but how much of that area is also covered by first person Street View imagery? On its "About Street View" page, Google has published a map that pretty granularly shows off where it has collected Street View imagery, and the number of places currently mapped may be surprising. The interactive map (which can be zoomed, but in only partially) shows blue shaded areas where someone has personally driven, rode or walked with Google's Street View equipment to provide high-res 360-degree pictures of the area. Most of the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Korea and Japan are mapped, naturally, but so are more obscure ares like small island chains far into the ocean. read more

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