Google has announced the launch of Street View on Google Maps in New Zealand.More than 100 metropolitan areas in six other countries around the world are presently visible in street view, which first launched in the United States in May 2007.
Tourism New Zealand has selected a gallery of Street View images that showcase some of New Zealand's best tourist attractions and locations to the world.
Many other organisations have already identified significant opportunities for Street View to be used in travel, tourism, house buying and renting, education, and helping make small businesses easier to find.
Google has gone to great lengths to safeguard privacy while allowing all New Zealanders to benefit from this feature.
Street View only contains imagery that is already visible from public roads, and blurs identifiable faces.
Anyone can easily flag for removal images that they consider inappropriate by clicking on “Report a concern” at the bottom of the Street View image in question.
The Street View imagery was collected by camera-equipped cars that drove public roads in New Zealand over the past 12 months.
