Live: Street View update covers 96% of UK roads
Thursday, 11th March 2010 by Alex Turnbull
In an absolutely enormous update, Google have in the last few minutes launched brand new Street View images for the whole of the UK – bringing the total coverage to a reported 96% of all UK roads.
The images cover roads from Land's End to John o' Groats, and actually extend all the way beyond, right up into Shetland.
Google have recorded images of a further 210,000 miles of roads, bringing the total to approximately 246,985 miles of coverage.
We expect lots of new fascinating and probably scandalous sights to be discovered in the next couple of days, so be sure to leave a comment with a link to anything you find!
Update: This update also provided imagery for Hong Kong and Macau.
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Alex has decided that his title will be Senior Vice President of Stuff.
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Broken street lamp in Macau. Macau and Hong Kong are part of this update as well!
Holland has been updated as well. I can see my house now. 🙂
Found two lads sticking fingers up at the camera in Cumbnernauld, Scotland – View Placemark,,1,13.01
How do I get Street View to work in Google Earth? I have Version 5.1.35, have ticked Street View in Layers, but cannot see any of the cameras that indicate Street. View.
Thanks.
Found something else – If God wore giant green boots, and was about to step out of the clouds, this is what it would look like 🙂 – View Placemark,,0,-16.18
Wow – wasn’t expecting them to do the whole country in one hit! I cycled past the Street View car last summer, unfortunately it was parked in a layby and not filming at the time.
A few new “Street View extremes”…
Britain’s highest road, Cairnwell Pass: View Placemark,,0,5.31
Furthest north on the mainland (complete with bloke painting signpost) – Dunnet Head: View Placemark,,0,6.32
Furthest south, Lizard Point: View Placemark,,0,3.22
Furthest east, Lowestoft Ness: View Placemark,,0,11.79
And furthest west, Ardnamurchan Point: View Placemark,,0,3.77
And my vote for the prettiest – this one has actually been on Street View for some time – the road to Kinloch Hourn in Scotland View Placemark,,0,6.31
They’ve gone right up to the Irish border too, even covering the little chunks of roads in-between bends in the border.
e.g here – you can see where the road markings change from white to yellow and the speed limit sign in km/h: View Placemark,,1,6.49
On the minor roads though there doesn’t seem to be any clue that you’re passing into another country: View Placemark,,0,8.16
Virtually the whole of the island of Luing is “no longer available” – except for where you get of the ferry. What are they hiding?
A house martin overtakes the Google car near to the Famous Grouse distillery in Crieff Scotland.
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=56.391435,-3.854504&z=12&layer=c&cbll=56.391435,-3.854504&cbp=12,69.62,,0,-19.63
Nice!
I fixed up your link – if you paste links into the comment rather than in the URL field the system will pick up the correct details and rewrite the link with a Google Earth placemark (like above).
3 Lamma’s in someones front garden in Wrinehill North Staffordshire
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=53.025058,-2.36867&z=14&layer=c&cbll=53.025157,-2.368599&cbp=12,142.43,,2,5.5
British workman not living up to his name!
Search results for “GOOGLE GETS VIEWERS BUILD STREETVIEW WIKI” Link: View Placemark,,1,20.2
What has this boy been doing to those cows?
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Memorial to a dead excavator?
Hi, I’d like to share a Google Maps link with you. Link: View Placemark,,0,7.77
ATF – this is the story about the JCB: http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/FH/free/296482213479683.php
Google car thought better of trying to cross the river ford in flood. You’ll need to look at this then go forward across the river and then turn and look back. Hey! where did all the water go?
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=54.202115,-7.688541&z=13&layer=c&cbll=54.201895,-7.687954&cbp=12,305.61,,0,-1.05
Completely off subject but does anyone know why Berlin has been done yet? I would have thought it would be high on the ‘to do’ list.
Good point – you’d expect it to be one of the first added.
The Google Street View pool on Flickr has loads of pictures of the car in Berlin, going back as far as June 2008.
Local laws preventing it maybe?
That’s the one James. From what I remember the German lawmakers are trying to reach some kind of deal over privacy issues. Part of which would be lowering the camera stalk to where the camera is at pedestrian eye level and can’t see over hedges etc. Obviously Google is unwilling to adapt their gear and re-shoot all the imagery they have already gathered. I think they are planning to launch and let the courts decide
Turns out that the village of Broughton that did not want to appear on Google Street View is on Street View as can be seen in this link:
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Go here and click to go left. Empty piece of land…..then suddenly an old petrol station… View Placemark,,0,12.08
The above mentioned petrol station is not visible on the satellite image either and that is dated May 11th 2009 🙂
So “brand new” Street View imaging that is out of date by the satellite image of the location, I wonder how many of such cases there are around the world?
Streetview car eaten by seagull!! http://is.gd/aIfBp
A Tsunami?
You’ve hit the headlines. In Holland, National Security required you to pixellate areas in Google Maps, yet you show them overtly in Google Streetview. This disrespect for the requirements of national security disqualifies you from self-regulation in this respect, and so you must now be constrained. You respect the privacy of individuals in their own home, but not apparently in the workplace, as your images are known to be used by terrorist organisations in planning attacks – they don’t have to be present on site, where they can be observed. The SAS are also individuals, and have a right to operate without observation, particularly as they are a front-line national force with a track record of not wanting to be observed. Yes, Hereford is known of, but it is surrounded by family and friends who will make deliberate monitoring difficult, to protect the individual soldiers. You have subverted this, and must desist.
I thought Google was blurring car registration numbers, but I’ve just seen one not only in clear view but very easily magnified. So much for privacy!
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A lot of towns west of The Rockies still only have the main streets done.
When will Google Street View be available for Mowbray Drive, Burton in Kendal, Cumbria. LA6 1NF as it would greatly aid prospective buyers for the 3 houses on sale in this road. Does anyone out there know how to contact Google Street view to implement this please?
how do i download live street view? iv been trying for ages to find a link but not working.. help me
Er, that’s “Live” as in “appearing online” not “live” as in “Google is watching you 24/7″… they’re probably working on it though!
Why is the large estate (Breeze Hill) situated in Benllech, Wales, LL74 8RE, missing from street view?