Street View had its inception in 2001 with the Stanford CityBlock Project, a Google-sponsored Stanford University research project. The project ended in June 2006, and its technology was folded into Street View. The … See more

Google announced in May 2017 that it had captured more than 10 million miles (16 million kilometres) of Street View imagery across 83 … See more

Google Street View will blur content for any user who makes a request, in addition to the automatic blurring of faces and licence plates. Privacy advocates have objected to Google … See more

• The cameras of this Google Street View car are mounted on the roof rack. The power and data cables are fed into the car through the right rear passenger window.
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Street View is available as a component of Google Maps and Google Earth, as a web application, and as a mobile application for Android and iOS. Originally, Google Maps used See more

Street View imagery has come from several generations of camera systems from Immersive Media Company, Point Grey Research (now See more

Imagery obtained from Google Street View has been used for research purposes, e.g., quantifying greenery, health studies, and assessing cycling conditions.
Fine-art photographers have … See more