However, that did not prove to be not enough reassurance for some people in the UK at the time, as some people actually stopped the Google car from entering their village of Broughton – you can read more about that below.įor more information and the chance to take a look at some interesting, some amazing and some plain weird images that Google Street View has captured so far in its ground-level images from around the world, take a look at these pages: Obviously, there’s going to be a lot of people who’s had their photograph taken without their permission and then being shown on the Internet, so to ensure concerns over privacy are respected, Google will be obscuring the faces of anyone who will be featured on Google Street View UK. The first cities in the UK to be included as part of Google Street View would be London, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh - Google cars equipped will the special cameras for this task had been out and about in these areas in the previous few months, so it was expected that the images captured will be implemented into Google Street View for the UK by Spring 2009. Or better still using, while using your mobile phone to look at Google Maps for Mobile, you can use Google Street View while you’re actually there making it so much easier to find your way around an unfamiliar city. This is a great way of exploring an area online that you plan on visiting soon (or perhaps talking a friend through a journey and giving them directions) – that way you will be able to make sense of the area when you’re there and spot recognisable landmarks etc. This added feature of Street View means that as well as seeing a location in map form and from a satellite view, you can now ‘go down to street level’ and navigate around using a 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic interface that allows you to travel virtually around an area. In case you haven’t heard of Google Street View in the UK before, it is basically an addition to Google’s already impressive mapping services which form their online Google Maps website, Google Maps mobile software, their Google Earth web experience and Google Earth Android and iPhone apps.

It Was Announced That Google Street View Was Coming To The UK In January 2009

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