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Street View comes to Ghana and Senegal

February 14, 2017

Google has recently added Street View for the countries Senegal and Ghana. Some of the imagery is as old as 2015.


Street View coverage for Ghana.


Street View coverage for Senegal.


The Great Mosque of Touba, Senegal. See in Google Maps.


Elmina Castle, Ghana. See in Google Maps

Other countries in Africa with Street View include South Africa and Botswana, which have extensive coverage. Uganda has Street View in its capital Kampala and a few parks. Kenya and Tanzania so far only have a few game parks covered.

About Timothy Whitehead

Timothy has been using Google Earth since 2004 when it was still called Keyhole before it was renamed Google Earth in 2005 and has been a huge fan ever since. He is a programmer working for Red Wing Aerobatx and lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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  1. 93941084 says

    February 14, 2017 at 9:47 am

    Lesotho and Swaziland

  2. Windsday says

    February 23, 2017 at 6:00 am

    You can’t get anymore anti western world bias then this! Go Triump and bust these mega corporations up! If your one of them then shame on you! We will not go quietly!

  3. Nana Yaa Chelsy says

    March 3, 2017 at 6:12 am

    Good job. I just saw my town in street view mode from Ghana.

  4. Florian-kun says

    April 11, 2017 at 5:24 am

    Uganda was also added in February

    “Time to discover new places in Africa. Ghana, Senegal and Uganda now on Street View!”

    https://africa.googleblog.com/2017/02/time-to-discover-new-places-in-africa.html

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      April 11, 2017 at 10:41 am

      Kampala, Uganda has had Street View since November 2015. There were no major additions since then.



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