{"id":62072,"date":"2012-10-12T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=62072"},"modified":"2012-10-12T11:54:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T09:54:17","slug":"street-view-gets-biggest-update-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/62072-street-view-gets-biggest-update-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"Street View gets \u201cbiggest update ever\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Street View has received its \u201cbiggest update ever\u201d, adding a host of other countries and locations to the service.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/10\/making-google-maps-more-comprehensive.html\">the Google LatLong blog<\/a>, Street View program manager Ulf Spitzer explained that more than 400,000km of road was added to the service from 17 countries, such as the US, the UK, Canada, and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the new places include <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=59.713353,30.404148&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=57.528912,38.318424&amp;sspn=0.035436,0.075617&amp;t=w&amp;z=2&amp;layer=c&amp;panoid=n2CxkkjC9s7fKK2txsp4ig&amp;cbll=59.716668,30.393527&amp;cbp=13,142.55189942854864,,0,-7.391155557187616\">Catherine Palace, Russia<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ch\/maps?q=Chiang+Kai-shek&amp;hl=de&amp;ll=25.034672,121.521277&amp;spn=0.005658,0.01148&amp;sll=46.813151,8.22421&amp;sspn=2.552665,5.817261&amp;t=h&amp;hq=Chiang+Kai-shek&amp;radius=15000&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=25.035292,121.520558&amp;panoid=p5eSvP46-aenMAq273hoqg&amp;cbp=12,117.3,,0,-3.31&amp;z=17\">Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taiwan<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=stanley+park&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=49.304647,-123.145843&amp;spn=0.002162,0.00574&amp;t=h&amp;hq=stanley+park&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=49.304808,-123.14615&amp;panoid=aDs6F0j-qU6L9287jLTIpw&amp;cbp=12,328.23,,0,-3.49&amp;z=18\">Stanley Park, Vancouver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Street View also went inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Kronborg+Castle,+Helsingor,+Denmark&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=56.039224,12.619751&amp;spn=62.934898,188.085937&amp;sll=37.7577,-122.4376&amp;sspn=0.179146,0.408554&amp;oq=Kronborg+castle&amp;hq=Kronborg+Castle,+Helsingor,+Denmark&amp;t=v&amp;z=3&amp;layer=c&amp;panoid=1c7X0Q8jadI02PIhv2DOpg&amp;cbll=56.039224,12.619751&amp;cbp=13,108.99000000000001,,0,-16.97\" target=\"_blank\">Kronborg<\/a>, for those who\u2019ve always wished to see inside one of Denmark\u2019s oldest castles.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/10\/making-google-maps-more-comprehensive.html\" target=\"_blank\">LatLong blog<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 id=\"related\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Google Maps on iOS gets Street View\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/61482-google-maps-on-ios-gets-street-view.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google Maps on iOS gets Street 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