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March 10, 2011
New Street View imagery in Japan
Last week we showed you some fresh imagery in Street View that had been captured using the "Street View Trike", because the areas weren't accessible by car. Today Google has released some more Trike-generated Street View imagery for various places in Japan.
As reported by Google Maps Mania (via the Google Japan Blog), the update includes places such as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Itsukushima Shrine and the Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.
If you find any other areas updated today, please leave a comment and let us know.
Posted by mickmel at March 10, 2011 7:45 AM
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Posted by: Jeffrey Friedl at March 10, 2011 10:23 AM
More in Kyoto that I hadn't noticed before, though I can't be sure all are new this week:
Kennin-ji Temple: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.000483,135.773828&spn=0.002078,0.004106&z=19
Nijo Castle: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.014423,135.747086&spn=0.004156,0.010257&z=18
Tenryuji Temple: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.016031,135.674152&spn=0.004156,0.010257&z=18
Osawa Lake: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.029056,135.680766&spn=0.004156,0.008213&z=18
A few bits of Koudaiji: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.000483,135.781527&spn=0.002078,0.005128&z=19
Tofuku-ji Temple: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=34.977043,135.773914&spn=0.004158,0.008213&z=18
A few of the temples just north of Kyoto Station also have it, but I know I've seen at least one with bicycle view long ago.
Posted by: Jeffrey Friedl at March 10, 2011 10:41 AM
you should Check out london in GE, it's suddenly got tree's and tons of auto generated buildings....fantastic!!!!
Posted by: dunk at March 10, 2011 6:07 PM
I sent a bunch of new Kyoto locations in a second comment that was not published. Was there a problem with my comment? You asked for links, so I spent some time searching for them for you...
Posted by: Jeffrey Friedl at March 10, 2011 6:31 PM
Jeffrey -- Sorry about that. Your second comment got caught in our spam filter, but it's up now. Thanks for posting those!
Posted by: Mickey at March 10, 2011 7:06 PM
Jeffrey, most of those have been in Street View for a fair while already. Tenryuji Temple, however, is new. I was going to mention it, but you already did. :)
Posted by: Mun at March 11, 2011 12:20 AM
Another addition in Japan: The Great Buddha of the Kamakura. (Kamakura Daibutsu)
Posted by: Munden at March 11, 2011 12:38 AM
In related news; the Botanic Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark got imagery from Google from their trike three months ago. Now the imagery from that area is gone. Strange.
Posted by: Peter Brodersen at March 11, 2011 5:58 AM
today a big earthquarke and tsunami hits Japan. Lets hope that us can help to Japaneses with google earth for all be the same before,thanks.
Posted by: alex at March 11, 2011 11:03 AM
Suzuka Race Circuit is a new addition also I believe.
I THINK that the golf courses around Narita Airport were in Street View previously though. I wasn't sure earlier, but I do seem to remember idly glancing at them previous to this update.
Posted by: Munden at March 12, 2011 3:56 AM
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Kyoto zoo: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.012837,135.786035&spn=0.002078,0.004106&z=19
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