Street View almost here?

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dgashby

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#25648 28-Aug-2008 09:00

Just noticed on Google Maps this morning that a StreetView button has appeared when viewing NZ locations, no sign of any actual photos linked to the map yet though.

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#160350 28-Aug-2008 09:09

10 minutes later and it's gone!

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#160351 28-Aug-2008 09:11

Can't wait!

Google were here earlier in the year just after they did Australia but the car was spotted again a few weeks ago. Word is they are finishing off some incomplete data before it goes live.

I think there should be a prize for any Geekzone user who can find themselves! :-)

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#160355 28-Aug-2008 09:14

Yip, Saw that too ,

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#160377 28-Aug-2008 10:11

Can I get street view by going to the Aussie map? Couldnt see it anywhere?

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#160399 28-Aug-2008 10:52

kiwitrc: Can I get street view by going to the Aussie map? Couldnt see it anywhere?

Street view went live in Australia ~2-3 weeks ago.

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#160400 28-Aug-2008 10:53

Looks like it's working for Australia, try zooming in on Sydney, they have a pretty high percentage of the urban areas covered.

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#160402 28-Aug-2008 10:56

I am in Sydney zoomed in, where should the st view option be, cant see it any where?

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#160409 28-Aug-2008 11:05

You should see a StreetView button beside the More button on the top of the map pane, click on the StreetView button to turn on the blue overlay that shows which streets have been captured, then just click on a street to bring up the images. I've tried in Firefox 3, IE, and Safari, seems to work on all three browsers.

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#160416 28-Aug-2008 11:44

Ah, my problem was I was using G Earth not maps, doh, sorted now thanks.

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#166248 22-Sep-2008 12:55

Street view button returned to NZ maps on Saturday but did not show any content. Has vanished once again.

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#181149 29-Nov-2008 17:58

sbiddle: I think there should be a prize for any Geekzone user who can find themselves! :-)

A car just drove past me in my work ute so I'm in the running for the prize. The car was following a scooter for about 50m or so before passing me, will be interesting to see if the scooter appears in multiple frames.

Occurred on Mission Bush Road, Glenbrook - a rather remote location so they are obviously aiming for comprehensive coverage of NZ.

The style of the camera assembly appears to have changed, atop the pole now is a red object about the size of a cup with various lens holes around it. Not quick enough for a photo sorry.

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#181151 29-Nov-2008 18:17

Google is set to announce something in New Zealand this Monday - I suspect it's the official Street View release here.

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#181175 29-Nov-2008 21:39

Would be nice if google sorted out their lower hutt satellite maps before they look at street view...

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#181176 29-Nov-2008 21:43

davidcole: Would be nice if google sorted out their lower hutt satellite maps before they look at street view...

Yes. The Microsoft Live ones are fantastic, just a shame Google aren't using the same data.

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#181189 30-Nov-2008 00:22

davidcole: Would be nice if google sorted out their lower hutt satellite maps before they look at street view...

yeah, some of Palmerston North is wrong too. I drive on this road almost every day, so I'm sure it's there (been there for at least 6 years). Probably others too, but I just picked this particular one up

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