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Google Street View in Oceania

In Oceania, Google Street View is available in most parts of Australia and New Zealand.

On 4 August 2008, the long-anticipated image collection of Australia was introduced. At this time, 18 camera icons were added. Extensive mapping of New Zealand was included on 1 December 2008. On 9 December 2008, Darwin, Australia, and other locations were included. On 30 October 2009, Google Australia announced that they would be sending its fleet of cars back on the road from November 2009 to update Street View Australia with new images.

In June 2010, Google Street View ceased operations in Australia after its Street View cars were found to have been collecting Wi-Fi data from home Wi-Fi networks.[1] In May 2011, Google Australia stated that they had removed all the Wi-Fi sniffing equipment and that they planned to shoot Australian roads again, but did not provide a specific timetable.[2] Driving did not recommence in Australia until 2013. On 27 July 2011, major urban and regional centres of Australia were updated with the new HD imagery.

In February 2015 another update of Australia with HD imagery was released, as part of the first update in Northern Territory after the low-resolution imagery. It also affected parts of Western Australia and Queensland. However, some places still have only low-resolution imagery or don't even have Street View coverage at all. As of April 2024, the updates of Australia footage are ongoing, with most areas now having high-quality, recent imagery.

Timeline of introductions edit

Date Major locations added
August 2008   Adelaide, Albany, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Broken Hill, Cairns, Canberra, Geraldton, Hobart, Karratha, Melbourne, Mount Isa, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga and more rural areas
December 2008   Major part of New Zealand

  More areas in Australia

July 2011[3]   Update with HD images in various locations in Australia
June 2011   Bonin Islands
October 2011 Full introduction of Google Business Views, including new businesses in   New Zealand
February 2012[3]   Update with HD images in various locations in New Zealand
April 2012   Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, in Australia
September 2012   Underwater imagery in Australia and Hawaii (United States)[4]
November 2012   Luna Park Sydney, Taronga Zoo, in Australia
September 2013   Updated areas, including Christchurch and Auckland, and more locations in New Zealand
December 2013   Adamstown, Henderson Island in Pitcairn Islands
March 2014   Cockatoo Island  
September 2014 Unincorporated territories of the United States including:
  Hagåtña and more locations in Guam
  Capitol Hill, Saipan, Garapan and more locations in the Northern Mariana Islands
February 2015   Update and more locations in Australia
March 2015   Queensland Museum, Australian War Memorial, National Museum of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Public Record Office Victoria in Australia[5]
May 2015   Pago Pago, Fagatogo, Tafuna, Ofu-Olosega, Manu'a and more locations in American Samoa
July 2015   Update and more locations in Australia, including HD update of Alice Springs.
November 2015   Milford Track, Kepler Track, Abel Tasman Coast Track, Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, Heaphy Track, Routeburn Track, Rakiura Track[6] in New Zealand
December 2015   Some beaches from Australia: Manly Beach, Bondi Beach, Bronte Beach, Hyams Beach, Byron Bay, Shelly Beach[citation needed]
April 2016   Sydney Opera House[7]
May 2016   Cape Willoughby Conservation Park   & Flinders Chase National Park  
June 2016   Mount Ainslie Lookout   & National Arboretum Canberra  
July 2016   Australia:
September 2016   Namadgi National Park  

Areas included edit

The following areas are included.[8]

  Australia edit

Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.

  Chile edit

  Ecuador edit

  France edit

  Indonesia edit

For other parts of Indonesia, see Google Street View in Asia.

  Japan edit

For other parts of Japan, see Google Street View in Asia.

  New Zealand edit

Most towns, cities, villages, major and sealed rural roads, and seven of the nine Great Walks hiking tracks.[6]

  United Kingdom edit

  United States edit

For more details, see Google Street View in the United States.

  Vanuatu edit

Countries without any coverage edit

Countries of Oceania which do not have coverage:

  Fiji,   Kiribati,   Marshall Islands,   Micronesia,   Nauru,   Palau,   Papua New Guinea,   Samoa,   Solomon Islands,   Tonga,   Tuvalu

All these countries have photospheres, 360 degree panorama photos similar to the streetview photos, accessible in Google maps, but they are either unofficially made by other companies or by singular people that are not associated with Google.

Competing products edit

References edit

  1. ^ Chloe Herrick. "Google: Street View cars no longer in operation in Australia". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  2. ^ "Google Australia lays out future Street View privacy measures – Street View, security, privacy, Google, data – Privacy – Security". Techworld. 5 May 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Official Google Australia Blog: Updates to Street View in Australia". Google-au.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  4. ^ "Google Lat Long: Dive into the Great Barrier Reef with the first underwater imagery in Google Maps". Google-latlong.blogspot.com. 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  5. ^ Pollard, Emma (2015-03-03). "Australian museum and galleries gets virtual tour treatment from Google Street View technology - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  6. ^ a b Michael de Waal-Montgomery (2015-11-04). "Enter the world of 'The Lord of the Rings' with Google's latest Street View imagery from New Zealand". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  7. ^ "Sydney Opera House sets sail on Street View". 27 April 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Google Maps".
  9. ^ "Google Maps".
  10. ^ "Visit Vanuatu on Street View, and journey under the earth's surface".
  11. ^ "You can now climb inside an active volcano with Google Street View". 16 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Christchurch, New Zealand". EveryScape. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
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