Images have just been released from Munich, Germany a few moments ago. This is the huge sports arena. So far only some stadiums and the small city Oberstaufen are on StreetView in Germany.
Category: Germany
First images from Germany already live!
We wrote earlier today that images from Oberstaufen will be released on Tuesday November 2. It appears that images just went live as you can see below:
Street View coming to Germany this week!
On Tuesday, November 2, Google Maps Street View will release the first images from Germany. Privacy concerns have delayed the release of images from this nation. It now looks like we are only hours away from seeing the very first images. Some people have decided to opt-out of the service in Germany. That means their house will not appear on Google Maps Street View.
The very first city to be released is named Oberstaufen. It will be on street view at 10:30 local time on Tuesday according to several sources. Apparently this is a preview of what will come later. Only a few other places in Germany are expected to be on street view on Tuesday. Perhaps some of the more famous tourist sights in Berlin? It is a this time not known when the big release of images from Germany might happen.
By the end of the year 20 of the largest German cities will be available on Street View: Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Bremen, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hannover, Köln, Leipzig, Mannheim, München, Nürnberg, Stuttgart and Wuppertal.
Flag with a message on Google satellite image
Dutch flag in german town Leipzig with Dutch text on it. The text on the flag says “We do have tickets!” I don’t know what it’s about…
FAIL! Germans complain about google street view in newspaper with a photo of them standing outside their home + full names published
These people in Germany are protesting Google Maps Street View due to privacy issues. Next to the article in a local newspaper there is an image of them standing outside their home. Below the image their full names can be seen.
Seriously.
Google Maps StreetView comes to Germany
In a blog post today Raphael Leiteritz, (Product Manager at Google Maps Europe) gave us the great news that StreetView images from Germany will be available this year. German newspaper Zeit claim it will happen in November.
The 20 largest cities will be part of this first release in Germany: Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Bremen, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hannover, Köln, Leipzig, Mannheim, München, Nürnberg, Stuttgart and Wuppertal.
Due to privacy issues, Google has developed a new service where anyone can make their own house unrecognizable before the pictures will go online. This is only if you live in the cities mentioned above. You can report it until September 15.
3 times photographed a 747-Lufthansa in the air!
Germans no fans of google streetview
Some germans found a google streetview car in Berlin and decided to follow it with a camera. StreetView is not yet available in Germany. Protests have been loud by the germans. Google plan to release StreetView images later this year from Germany.
A message in the snow
This is a lake known locally as the “Dechsendorfer”. If you look carefully you can see “wilkommen” written in the snow on the ice. It’s german and means Welcome.
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Stuck in no mans land
The Google streetview car is stuck in No mans land between Switzerland and Germany. You can try to move into one of the countries. Trapped.
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