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Street View coverage for 2015

Street View extended its coverage over the course of 2015, most notably in South America, Eastern Europe and South East Asia. We only started keeping a high resolution screen shot of coverage in March after Bangladesh and Greenland had already got Street View, so we are only able to show a ‘Street View changes map’ from March to December.


Street View changes in red. Previously existing Street View in blue. March to December, 2015. Large version here

Below are all the posts we have written this year about new coverage.

New Street View imagery in Bangladesh
February: Bangladesh

Greenland gets Street View
February: Greenland

News roundup: Nessie, New Islands and Finding your Way Home
April: Loch Ness, Scotland

New Street View, Madagascar and Canadian Parks
May: Madagascar and Candadian Parks

Celebrate World Oceans Day with the Catlin Seaview Survey
June: Catlin Seaview Survey

Street View goes vertical
June: El Capitan, USA

Mongolia gets Street View
July: Mongolia

Street View in Kenyan parks
September: Madagascar

Street View comes to the PhilippinesSeptember: The Philippines

Turkey, Ukraine and Macedonia get Street View
October: Turkey, Ukraine and Macedonia

Street View comes to Ecuador and BoliviaNovember: Bolivia

Street View comes to Kampala, Uganda
November: Kampala, Uganda

Jordan historical sites get Street View
December: Jordan (historical sites)

Uruguay gets Street View
December: Uruguay

Also see: Street View progress for 2014

Jordan historical sites get Street View

Google has just released Street View for more than 30 historical sites in Jordan. Read more about it on the LatLong Blog.

It can be a little difficult to explore the locations in Google Earth. As we have mentioned before, Google Earth has some problems with the blue Street View layer not showing correct coverage at some zoom levels. When you hold the ‘yellow man’ above the map, Google Earth shows blue outlines marking areas with Street View. This is achieved by having a set of blue outline layers with different amounts of detail to be shown depending on what distance you are viewing the earth from. However, it appears that Google either fails to update some of the layers or has a problem with their algorithm for creating it. Although the new Street View in Jordan can be identified from a high altitude the moment you start to zoom in the blue disappears and it can be quite difficult to actually enter the Street View for many of the locations.

An additional problem is that once you are in Street View there are no indications as to the extent of the coverage or where you can navigate, so you just have to click in a direction and see if you can go there.

We therefore recommend exploring the new Street View in Google Maps. If you do prefer Google Earth then we have created some placemarks for a number of the sites to get you started.


Little Petra


Umm Qais Archaeological Site

Street View comes to Kampala, Uganda

Thank you to GEB reader ‘ecksemmess’ for letting us know about new Street View imagery in Kampala, Uganda. It was added at about the same time as the Turkey, Ukraine and Macedonia imagery and can be seen in the Street View changes map that we did for that post.


Street View extent for Kampala, Uganda.


When your property is in high demand you need to post a ‘not for sale’ sign. See in Google Maps


Practically every shop in Kampala is advertising one or both of the two main mobile phone companies (MTN in yellow and Airtel in red). For a challenge see how long it takes you to find a location that does not have at least one cell phone reference in view. See in Google Maps


Sign reads “Sky Guest House, executive accommodation” but the arrow appears to point between two buildings. See in Google Maps.


You may also wish to stay at Mama Claire Hotel & House of Bread. “We serve you break fast lunch with all kinds of dishes” See in Google Maps