Talk:Google Street View coverage

More Other Places

"More other locations" seems rather strange wording; any particular reason for this choice of words? LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 15:36, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Recent Japanese Update

The recent Japanese updates (listed in here as Bonin Islands and more other locations) also consisted of some Tokyo tourists destinations. As well as famous temple Senso-ji, Google also addedthe first river on Street View (the Sumida). See: http://muza-chan.net/japan/index.php/blog/google-street-view-on-water . Is this worthy of inclusion? To me it seems rather important... LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 15:36, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Okayama

I have recently been through some of the cities listed as having no HD coverage to verify whether any had been given yet. I made two changes, both from no HD to some HD coverage (bold italics): the Japanese cities of Chiba and Okayama. Chiba is fine, but as for Okayama, the only HD coverage is the castle. The rest of the city is still non-HD; should this be considered mixed coverage or should the castle be seperate form the rest of the city? I have currently made it mixed coverage for the reference. LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 16:14, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Recently Added Section

A section of text was added underneath the table, detailing some announcements Google had made involving the future of Street View. This did not seem relevant to a "timeline" of Street View, and was not a clear new section (in other words, it just appeared to be a random block of text on Street View); as a result, I removed it. It WAS however well cited and featured some information not seen on the pages relevant to it; if anyone has the time to clean it up a little bit and find a relevant place to add it, it may become more useful.

• It was unfortunately an IP adress update so I couldn't message them to request they do it... I think (I am still very new...) LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 00:19, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Formatting Error?

Why does the most recent update to the page have some sites which are not bold? I've checked the formatting, and they should be... they have the 3 apostrophes, but for some reason about half of them are appearing unbold... Any ideas? LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 22:28, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Map

Could someone please update the world map image, as South Korea now has imagery in Seoul and Pusan. --ERAGON (talk) 13:36, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Jordan

The list and map needs to be updated as a portion of Jordan is now on Street View, specifically the outskirts of Jerusalem. 70.72.223.215 (talk) 13:30, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

There is no Street View in Jordan yet. --MSalmon (talk) 14:05, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Jordan? Maybe Palestine. The border between Israel and Jordan or Palestine is not very accurate in that area. GSV was not allowed yet in Palestine/West Bank neither Jordan. - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 14:35, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Article for Deletion

I do not believe this article should be deleted as it shows each update that Google has made to its Street View program, when each update was introduced, and what places were added to Street View on that day. However, if this article must be deleted, then the table showing the list of introductions should be moved to the page Google Street View#Timeline.

Djodjo666 (talk)

12:35, June 19, 2012 (UTC)

Adding country names

This article contains countries' flags, but not their names. This makes it impossible to search for Street View updates by country. I added country names but it was reverted by User:Eugen Simion 14 arguing that I should have discussed it here first. Well, what does everyone think about adding country names? You can see what the article looked like with country names, here. I believe it would be incredibly useful. Pristino (talk) 00:53, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Looks OK to me, though I wouldn't do that weird caps thing, where the start of each word is larger than the rest of it - just use caps and lower case or all normal caps, I'd say. But generally in favour. LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 21:51, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

1. United States — Small.
2. United States — Small caps.
3. United States — Small all caps.
4. United States — Normal.
5. United States — All caps.

Which one would you prefer? Pristino (talk) 22:49, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

I prefer to put the name of the country at the bottom just like that:
Bucharest, Popeşti-Leordeni, Voluntari, Afumaţi, Mogoşoaia and other locations in Romania
not Romania: Bucharest, Popeşti-Leordeni, Voluntari, Afumaţi, Mogoşoaia. What about that? - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 07:28, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

What about when they're aren't any other locations though; i.e. a museum? It makes more sense in my opinion to put it at the front... As for the best writing to use... probably just normal, I think. LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 14:33, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Just like that
National Gallery (United Kingdom)
Royal Palace of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 17:37, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

How about for normal updates:

1. Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Lille, Toulouse in France, or
2. Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Lille, Toulouse in France

And for museum views:

1. National Gallery (United Kingdom), or
2. National Gallery in the United Kingdom

I like #2 in both cases. Pristino (talk) 19:34, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Maybe #1 I think the flag must be always in front of a list. - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 19:55, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I think the flag should go first too. But the first one's fine by me. LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 18:04, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Great Barrier Reef in the latest update? Where? What's the source for that?

I see no evidence for Street View being available on the reef. If this is available through some other interface I would recommend removing it from the list until the main Street View interface shows it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captainmunden (talk • contribs) 00:41, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

It's not available, it is only available as a panoramic image on Google Maps --MSalmon (talk) 08:54, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Right, I see one now in the Molokini crater. Those panorama dots are tougher to see, but perfectly valid to show in the list on this page. There's also a good BBC article about it for extra references. Captainmunden (talk) 11:52, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

How have people handled small updates in the past?

I noticed today that Google just updated many cities and interstate highways in northern Illinois to the newest HD imagery. I haven't yet found any other updates, and wasn't sure if people tended to report small updates like this or not. I figured it might be good to at least wait and see if they issue a blog post about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captainmunden (talk • contribs) 01:50, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Midway was added at some point

The uninhabited Midway Island - former air base west of Hawaii - was added to street view at some point. I've no idea when but it would be worth noting in the applicable part of the timeline. 70.72.211.35 (talk) 02:03, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

West Bank?

Several editors tried to insert info that the January 2013 update included locations in Israel and West Bank, which was promptly reverted by other editors. The naming issue is pretty sensitive in the region. In order to avoid a never-ending edit war, and knowing that the imagery only included areas under Israeli control, may I suggest that as long as local political situation does not clear up, any such reference to the GSV coverage of these areas (1) has a proper reference provided, (2) uses a more neutral term - like, for instance, Israeli-administered (or, Israeli-controlled) areas. kashmiri 01:31, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

There is coverage of two areas of the West Bank now: Highway 90 alongside the Dead Sea and Jordan River and a small section of Highway 1 that connects to 90. For now, regardless of who has control, this is officially and legally a part of the West Bank. "West Bank" does not have the international recognition of a country. The same is true for so many other territories listed together with countries that perhaps are under control of some other country (often with SV, listed separately). So for now, even as Google is producing it technically as part of Israel's Street View, it makes sense to list "West Bank" separately. Sebwite (talk) 01:35, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

As far as I understand, the issue was with the phrase "Israel and the West Bank", as if suggesting they have similar status. kashmiri 02:03, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Map is incorrect

Colours in map and in legends do not match and there are many countries where street view is marked as "planned" while it has been available for some time in those countries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.95.91.155 (talk) 12:43, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Japan not navy blue on SVG image world map

Hello there. I am confused on how and why Japan says that it is coming soon and is planned on the SVG image of the world showing where Street View is and isn't covered. Meanwhile when I look on Google Maps at Japan it is on there. This is most likely an error as it's next to Russia and several other countries that the map claims are in planning phases.

''GOURLEYO'' <small>Edit at Wikia!</small> (talk) 19:39, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

It only has partial coverage, not full coverage. Granted, it has far closer to full coverage than somewhere like Russia or Thailand, but it's still not complete. LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 19:53, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

How is "complete" coverage defined in this article? As far as I know there are no countries where Google has driven on all public/legally driveable roads.87.93.78.105 (talk) 11:57, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

I did wonder that! I suppose full coverage equates to a decent amount of coverage in every region of the country, especially the main population centres. For example, when this post was made, the coverage of Japan included NONE of the island of Shikoku. Granted, the recent update has added some more, but some major cities (I noticed Kanazawa for example) remain uncovered. At the end of the day, it is subjective, which is certainly not ideal. LacsiraxAriscal (talk) 21:20, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

New imagery from Finland

When will the fuckers from Google release the new imagery that they told already in 2011 that they were capturing??!! 188.67.204.173 (talk) 10:38, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

This is not the appropriate place to vent your frustration with the project. Have a nice day. Pristino (talk) 21:46, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Tourist and other views on the map image

We need to do something about all the tourist spots and other views been added to street view recently.

We've got UAE and India which has tourist/other views not on the map, Mountain views for Argentina, Tanzania and Nepal and we've got Antarctica which is considered as "partial coverage" when in reality I see them no different than UAE or India. So we should do something about these,

1. Mark these countries as partial coverage.
2. Make the museum views category to also include Tourist/Mountain/Ski/Other views or just call it Other Views.
3. Create a new category like Tourist View or something.

Sarmu (talk) 06:49, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm gonna go with option 2 if no one objects Sarmu (talk) 14:05, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Timeline of Google Street View (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 09:45, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Is there a way to possibly delete the offending edits from the page history? Paris1127 (talk) 21:44, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Wrong hotlink to the Colombian Armenia

Entry of Armenia (in Colombia section) is addressed to the wrong article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia

and should this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia,_Colombia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.9.74.154 (talk) 19:06, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Need protection

Timeline of Google Street View (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Semi-protection to indefinite date: High level of IP vandalism. EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ®

It needs protecting right now because some little shit posted vile pictures on my talkpage! --MSalmon (talk) 14:25, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

So if your talkpage gets vandalized then it is this article that needs protection? I don't get the logic... It's your talkpage that is perhaps in need of protection.87.95.33.249 (talk) 17:13, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Date of the Gatwick Addition

The date listed for Gatwick's internal Street View is not correct. This update has been in place for two weeks. Here is a post on Google+ from Oct 23 for instance: https://plus.google.com/112760975684129610020/posts/2D7JL2e96RR

Yes, all of the 'big media' types and bloggers only caught on around Nov 7th, but it was in place for at least two weeks prior. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captainmunden (talk • contribs) 01:03, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Date of Sendai Airport addition?

Similar to Gatwick, Sendai Airport in Japan is fully in Street View (all levels, seemingly all areas--very similar setup to Gatwick). Any idea when this was added? The date on the images is September 2013, so it had to be recently. Would like this to be added to the list if someone can confirm the date. I wasn't able to find out through a Google search. (I don't want to insert my irrelevant personal opinion, but I am so pleased to see these inside-the-airport additions to GSV!) Moncrief (talk) 19:01, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

It's very difficult to say the day exacly. Google adds near daily inside street view panoramas, and only major or linked updates we know the day. - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 22:02, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

That's a shame. You all have done a great job updating this timeline, so I didn't realize there were some adds that were impossible to source datewise. And I don't suppose there's a way for an addition to be included here if we don't know the day it was added. (P.S. The Sendai coverage is true full Street View coverage a la Gatwick, not the indoor maps Google has commonly for airports and other buildings now. If this level of indoor Street View is truly "added daily" as you say, I wish there was a list of it somewhere. I only found out about Sendai's coverage after finding an article mentioning how rare such complete indoor Street View coverage is.) Moncrief (talk) 15:18, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Sources for these entries?

I was just curious to know exactly where most of the claims in this article originate. I mean, most of them are completely unsourced and many would be difficult to just find at random while playing with Google Maps. I know that most everything listed is probably true, but shouldn't it really be backed up with credible sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Survivorfan1995 (talk • contribs) 01:57, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Need protection!!!

Timeline of Google Street View (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Semi-protection to indefinite date: High level of IP vandalism. EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ®

You transilvaninan vampire you vlad the ceacescu keep your claws out of this article. Marius nescuescu pescu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.55.22.41 (talk) 17:04, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

I dont want to vandalize i want to contribute: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.67.215.200 (talk) 17:53, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Recent Russian updates

Following areas were added with great detail and I think it's worth mentioning: Vladimir Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Yaroslavl' Oblast, Tula Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Krasnodar Krai. Coverage of Leningrad Oblast was also expanded. Also Buzuluk needing disambiguation is Buzuluk,_Orenburg_Oblast SakuraKojima (talk) 10:16, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

21.04.2014

And more locations in Poland :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.8.209.77 (talk) 21:06, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Belgrade in Serbia

Belgrade is supposedly available? What a bullshit.78.9.120.0 (talk) 18:48, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

and now is true :) 78.8.209.178 (talk) 17:25, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

"Castles of Serbia and more locations in"

Where is it? I didn't see this places on Street View. Please don't propagate fake updates...

More locations - is it possible to find out what exactly these are?

Is there any site where we can track what do exactly the "more locations" mean? I would like to get to know which areas were added/updated in Hungary on 20th August. Regards from Hungary, --XXLVenom999 (talk) 12:12, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Map must be changed

Argentina is now fully covered. The map should be changed.--190.48.103.142 (talk) 01:51, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

American Samoa

Please do not modify that are official sources. - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 09:41, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

There is an official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Marine-Sanctuary-of-American-Samoa/517901871554731?fref=ts - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 09:42, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

The problem is, those are not reliable sources or secondary sources. - TheChampionMan1234 09:45, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

list is getting big

perhaps we should split it up year by year and put in a drop-down menu--50.203.88.210 (talk) 14:40, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Misleading information on sortable wikitable?

I think there's misleading information on the sortable wikitable in section "Coverage_by_country_and_territory. It says that in Finland the oldest street view photos are from June 2009 but in the region I'm living in, for example, huge amout of views outside highways (in other words street in towns and villages) are from May 2009. Do I need to provide a screen capture as an evidence? 80.222.245.58 (talk) 18:33, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

So, here it is. This area's pictures, for example, are from May 2009 (I know, it's in Finnish but it's that Kuvien päiväys: 5/2009 means that those pictures are taken on May 2009). 84.248.166.117 (talk) 15:05, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Actually the oldest images are from April 2009. See this link http://goo.gl/maps/1EE23 Im changing the info in article.

What about places with "no current or planned coverage"?

Some users of Google Maps Product Forum say Google Street View is prohibited in Belarus. Is there any source that says such things? SupFanat (talk) 23:03, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

With the timeline list getting so long, there should be a discussion about how to better arrange it.

To me, the list has become so long that it's difficult to wade through. I thought I'd present a few options and a place for other people to contribute ideas I missed.

1. Obviously, people can decide to not alter the table.
2. Each year could be put into its own table, with only the most current year with entries being open by default.
3. The most recent two years with entries will be in a table on their own that's open by default, with all other years in a huge table below it that is closed by default.

I don't really have a strong opinion about the last two, but I feel like a format change would improve the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captainmunden (talk • contribs) 18:38, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

I've done some experimenting and rather like having each year in its own table with a sub-heading marker for each year. It also makes editing a lot easier. --Captainmunden (talk) 20:05, 24 March 2015 (UTC)