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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
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Areas included
editThe following areas are included.[8]
Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.
Galapagos Islands - Some paths and some beach walks.
- Mountain climbing at the Puncak Jaya mountain
- For other parts of Indonesia, see Google Street View in Asia.
- Bonin Islands
- Chichi-jima – Most roads
- Haha-jima – Most roads
- For other parts of Japan, see Google Street View in Asia.
Most towns, cities, villages, major and sealed rural roads, and seven of the nine Great Walks hiking tracks.[6]
Pitcairn
- Pitcairn Island – Most roads and some paths
- Henderson Island – Some beach walks
- For more details, see Google Street View in the United States.
- Southeast Volcano Trek in Ambrym
- underwater views such as Tongoa Walls, Million Dollar Point and SS President Coolidge wreck in Vanuatu[9][10]
Countries without any coverage
editCountries 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- New Zealand: EveryScape provides coverage for Christchurch.[11]
References
edit- ^ Chloe Herrick. "Google: Street View cars no longer in operation in Australia". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Official Google Australia Blog: Updates to Street View in Australia". Google-au.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sydney Opera House sets sail on Street View". 27 April 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Google Maps".
- ^ "Visit Vanuatu on Street View, and journey under the earth's surface".
- ^ "You can now climb inside an active volcano with Google Street View". 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Christchurch, New Zealand". EveryScape. Retrieved 2013-10-18.