Google Street View now in UK and Netherlands

Google Street View now in UK

US based search engine giant Google has launched its Street View service in UK.

They are covering regions in as many as 25 cities in Britain including Aberdeen and Southampton.

Google also launched the Street View service in Netherlands.

Google claims that they are already covering 22,369 miles of UK streets.

The company added that they have taken precautions to respect the privacy of the citizens in the country. They are only showing imagery visible from public properties.

In addition, they are also using technologies to blur faces and number plates.

London mayor Boris Johnson spoke about the service launch in the country: “It is simply fascinating, even for a Londoner like me, to whiz over Westminster Bridge past the Houses of Parliament, soak up the majesty of Regent’s Park, take in the stupendous views from Primrose Hill or simply wander around the streets near where I live.”

Cities covered in UK include: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Oxford, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Southampton, Swansea and York.

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