The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City. By the end of 2008, Street View had full coverage available for all of the major and minor cities in the continental United States and had started expanding its scope to include some of the country's national parks, as well as cities elsewhere in the world. For the first year and a half of its existence, Street View featured camera icon markers, each representing at least one major city or area (such as a park). By its 10th anniversary, the Street View service had provided imagery for more than 10 million miles' worth of roads across 83 countries worldwide.[1]
#For the virtual tours of museums, see Google Arts and Culture#Timeline of introductions
The following timeline lists when each location's earliest set of Street View captures was released. Imagery for each update was captured anywhere from one to twelve months before the stated release date;[12] for example, imagery from the June 2008 update would have a capture date between June 2007 and May 2008.
Hermosillo, Tijuana, Ensenada, San Luis Río Colorado, La Paz, Nogales, Guaymas, Ciudad Obregón, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Delicias, Parral, Saltillo, Gómez Palacio, and other cities and regions in Mexico[47] Part of Åland including Mariehamn, Kumlinge, Sottunga, Brändö, Eckerö, Finström, Föglö, Hammarland, Jomala, Kökar, Lumparland, Saltvik, Vårdö and other places of Swedish-speaking region of Finland.
Yakutsk, Sochi, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnaya Polyana, Artyom, Belebey, Borovichi, Buzuluk, Gubkin, Kandalaksha, Kingisepp, Korocha, Korsakov, Labinsk, Langepas, Magadan, Nakhodka, Nazarovo, Pochep, Revda, Rostov-on-Don, Suzdal, Tobolsk, Tsivilsk, Ukhta, Vyazma, Zarinsk in RussiaAjdovščina, Bled, Bovec, Brežice, Celje, Črnomelj, Domžale, Gornja Radgona, Hrastnik, Idrija, Ilirska Bistrica, Izola, Jesenice, Kamnik, Kočevje, Koper, Kostanjevica ob Krki, Kranj, Krško, Laško, Lendva, Litija, Ljubljana, Ljutomer, Maribor, Metlika, Novo Mesto Postojna, Ptuj, Radeče, Radovljica, Ravne na Koroškem, Sevnica, Sežana, Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenske Konjice, Škofja Loka, Šoštanj, Tolmin, Trbovlje, Tržič, Velenje, Višnja Gora, Vrhnika, Zagorje ob Savi, Žalec, Cerknica, Dravograd, Grosuplje, Logatec, Medvode, Mengeš, Mežica, Prevalje, Ribnica, Rogaška Slatina, Ruše, Šempeter pri Gorici, Šentjur, Trebnje, Železniki, Žiri in Slovenia[190]National Parks among them are the Conguillío National Park, Laguna San Rafael National Park, Alerce Andino National Park and Laguna del Laja National Park in Chile.[191] Fort Santiago, San Agustin Church, Plaza San Luis Complex & Baluarte de San Diego in the Philippines.[192] Qutub Minar, Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, Raigad Fort, Shaniwar Wada, Rajagiri Fort, Kanheri Caves, Thirumayam Fort, Fort St. George, India, Aga Khan Palace, Karla Caves, Lenyadri Caves, Movar Koil and Alvar Koil, Sithanavasal Caves Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia.
New Island, Carcass Island and West Point Island in the Falkland Islands Right Whale Bay, Hercules Bay and Prion Island in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Gombe National Park, Tanzania
National Museum of Western Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Ohara Museum of Art, Kobe City Museum, Kobe Fashion Museum, Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum and Shohaku Art Museum in Japan[237]
Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
Ambrym, Vanuatu
Animal Kingdom
Cocos Island, Costa Rica.
Tunis, Mahdia and more locations in Tunisia[377] Pembrokeshire Coast Path in Wales[378] Several tourist sites in the Northeast of Brazil[379]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon[497] (Unofficial coverage)
Panama in Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Darién, Herrera, Los Santos, Panamá, West Panamá, Veraguas, Emberá, Guna Yala, Naso Tjër Di, Ngäbe-Buglé, Kuna de Madugandí and Kuna de Wargandí.[545] Unamuno House Museum in Salamanca University in Spain[546]
Updated images of Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Vienna in Austria
São Tomé and Príncipe. Official tripod coverage in collaboration with Historic Royal Palaces in London, England: Tower of London and Church of St Peter ad Vincula[551]
Beirut, Zahlé, Tripoli, Sidon, among other places in Lebanon[553][554]
Below is a table showing the countries available on Street View and the year they were first added. Plain text indicates that a country has only views of certain businesses and/or tourist attractions.
Bold with an asterisk (*) indicates countries with public street view available
The following countries are slated to receive official Google Street View coverage based on announcements from Google, governmental agencies or national newspapers:
This helps people virtually explore and navigate neighbourhoods on Google Maps. They are also extending the service to Rwanda, meaning that Street View is now available in 11 African countries.