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Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched in 2007 in several cities in the United States, and has since expanded to include all of the country's major and minor cities, as well as the cities and rural areas of many other countries worldwide.
Aaron and Christine Boring, a Pittsburgh couple, sued Google for invasion of privacy. Street View made a photo of their home available online, and they claimed that this diminished the value of their house, which they had chosen for its privacy. [15] They lost their case in a Pennsylvania court.
Google has built a data gathering vehicle for its Maps Street View app out of a Jaguar I-Pace. It's billed as the first electric Street View car and is currently on the prowl and mapping the city ...
Google, Inc. (2009–2016) Alphabet Inc. (2016–present) Website. waymo.com. Waymo Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid undergoing testing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Waymo LLC, formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, is an American autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California.
That same year, Google admitted its Street View cars inadvertently collected personal data such as email addresses and passwords from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks.
Google Street View in North America. Taken in October 2010, a Google Maps Camera Car showcased on Google campus in Mountain View, California. In North America, Google Street View is available in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Greenland, and limited coverage in some more areas.
By Q13 FOX News Staff A Canadian man is finally getting his moment in the spotlight. Nasr Bitar spotted a Google Maps Street View car on the streets of Mississauga, Ontario. "I was driving home ...
Artists have used Google Street View in a range of ways. Emilio Vavarella's The Google Trilogy includes glitchy images and unintended portraits of the drivers of the Street View cars. [242] The Japanese band group inou used Google Street View backgrounds to make a music video for their song EYE. [243]