Dorsetmike
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I've just spent a while checking out this Google street view, coverage seems very patchy so far. In UK some major towns are covered, others not, Western Europe is about the same, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, none in Germany, Switzerland or further east nor Scandinavia. USA at first looks well covered, but when you zoom in for a closer look there are a lot of gaps.
I looked at Tucson, seems well covered, but Madisonville only one road, Pennyrile Parkway, some coverage of a small place to the south, Earlington.
Australia and New Zealand about the same, no coverage yet of S. America, Africa, and the only bit of Asia covered is in Japan.
How to find if your area is covered, I have used UK/Western Europe map as an example, it works the same for other places. At the top left of the map is the zoom control. looks similar to a thermometer, at the top is a yellow man, if you click on him and drag him over the map, any areas covered by street view will be highlighted in Blue, zoom in and place the "yellow man cursor" on the street you want to view, you can use the mouse to move along the street or to "swing the camera round".
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps
If when you zoom in the "yellow man cursor" goes white then you have moved outside the coverage area; in some areas only certain streets are covered, it soon becomes obvious which as no street view comes up.
London seems very well covered, I was able to see the house I was born in in Shepherd's Bush.
I looked at Tucson, seems well covered, but Madisonville only one road, Pennyrile Parkway, some coverage of a small place to the south, Earlington.
Australia and New Zealand about the same, no coverage yet of S. America, Africa, and the only bit of Asia covered is in Japan.
How to find if your area is covered, I have used UK/Western Europe map as an example, it works the same for other places. At the top left of the map is the zoom control. looks similar to a thermometer, at the top is a yellow man, if you click on him and drag him over the map, any areas covered by street view will be highlighted in Blue, zoom in and place the "yellow man cursor" on the street you want to view, you can use the mouse to move along the street or to "swing the camera round".
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps
If when you zoom in the "yellow man cursor" goes white then you have moved outside the coverage area; in some areas only certain streets are covered, it soon becomes obvious which as no street view comes up.
London seems very well covered, I was able to see the house I was born in in Shepherd's Bush.
