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February 12, 2008

Twelve New Cities With Google Street View Available

[UPDATE: Ok...according to Google - there are 12 new cities in the collection (they counted the Raleigh area as 3 cities). Originally, I said only six. I've updated the list below.]

Google has not announced it yet, but there are some new cities with Street View photos available in Google Maps. These new cities are not listed on their list of covered cities:

  • Albany and Schenectady, NY
  • Boise, ID
  • Juneau, AK
  • Kansas City, MO
  • Manchester, NH
  • Milwaukee, WI
  • Research Triangle Park (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill), NC
  • San Antonio, TX
  • Salt Lake City, UT

Some of the new cities (like the Raleigh one) actually cover a large area with multiple towns/cities. Click here to see a map of all the available Street View cities.

I'm happy because I live in the Raleigh Area. I've already deduced that my house was photographed by Google's StreetView car around the end of August at about 7 AM. This is corroborated by a blog post in August where someone saw one of the cars. Of course, I would really be happy if Street View worked inside Google Earth.

Posted by FrankTaylor at February 12, 2008 01:35 PM

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  • Comments

    There are some other cities you missed. Milwaukee, Kansas City, and Albany.

    Posted by: Power at February 12, 2008 02:32 PM

    Albany, NY and Milwaukee, Wisconsin ;)

    Posted by: TOMHTML at February 12, 2008 03:05 PM

    Just as an interesting aside, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota were added to Street View in the update prior to this one. What's interesting is that Google has decided to keep images taken on the I-35W bridge available to the general public. The ethical problem I have is that the images appear to have been taken last summer...probably not too long before that bridge collapsed and killed 13 people. In fact, the images on Street View show construction equipment on the bridge...possibly the same that may have led to the collapse. Obviously there is no bridge there right now, so why has Google made the decision to keep the images? Is that really ethical?

    Here's the address:
    http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=44.982437,-93.2447&spn=0.0068,0.020084&z=16&om=0&layer=c&cbll=44.978943,-93.244878&cbp=1,489.14371488320796,,0,11.60492754449789

    Posted by: Peter at February 12, 2008 03:26 PM

    I'm still waiting for Washington D.C. in Google Street View. You know, here inside the beltway, if we aren't included, it simply doesn't exist, and if it didn't happen here, then it didn't happen at all.

    Posted by: Edward Jurkevics at February 12, 2008 04:29 PM

    Can't wait to see the new additions to the Google Street View gallery:

    http://streetviewgallery.corank.com

    Posted by: Mapper99 at February 12, 2008 04:30 PM

    7 more cities with less privacy.

    Posted by: yaph at February 12, 2008 04:56 PM

    Either the Juneau, AK pictures were taken at night (which can be long during winter) or they are broken.

    http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=0&layer=c&ll=58.412593,-134.574108&spn=0.056197,0.130119&z=13&cbll=58.392774,-134.573571&cbp=1,461.0951416732332,,0,5

    Posted by: Kevin at February 12, 2008 06:45 PM

    seven more cities with less privacy? How about generations of humans on earth who will have to find truly unique ways to find privacy. The good and bad of technology

    Posted by: rwinters at February 12, 2008 07:49 PM

    I agree with Edward. How is Washington DC not on this list? I get doing NYC, LA, and maybe one or two more because of population sizes, but come on - whats with the rest? National Security?...

    Posted by: Brian at February 12, 2008 08:32 PM

    The Triangle but no Charlotte? Alas.

    Posted by: tozmervo at February 12, 2008 10:52 PM

    I just found out about this yesterday and immediately found my house and car in street view (I'm in the Raleigh/Durham area). Very peculiar to think that Google drove down my tiny street not so long ago

    Posted by: Nick at February 13, 2008 09:18 AM

    Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill are three distinct cities.

    Different mayors and city councils. Different local cultures and histories. You leave one, you drive, you enter another.

    Seriously, that's three cities. Not huge cities but three cities nonetheless that are not one continuous terrain like the Bay Area, for example, which nobody mistakes for a city.

    No disrespect to you but this outsider's perception is really starting to grate on my nerves.

    Bottom line: if you lump them together, you're clearly a clueless outsider, IMHO.

    And, no, saying it's one "area" and then qualifying that with a statement about multiple cities and towns is absurd.

    But the really real bottom line: Each one of these cities has college basketball teams that can wreak havoc with whoever the heck you got wherever the heck you live!

    And you can take that to the bank.

    Posted by: Clyde Smith at February 14, 2008 09:48 AM

    I hope that in a few time Street View will cover big cities in Europe.
    For example Paris, London and Rome.

    Posted by: Sam at February 14, 2008 04:02 PM

    If they come down my street in Charlotte and photograph my house, Google will find itself in yet ANOTHER lawsuit.

    Posted by: Clyde McPhatter at April 4, 2008 11:38 PM

    In fact, they are recording the streets in Rome and Milan (I don't know about Paris and London). So hopefully the italian streets will be available for the world in a small future.

    Posted by: Mary at May 1, 2008 07:21 AM

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