Has Google Street View Hit London?

September 28th, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | 8 Comments

[Photo from Dvorak.org, which broke the story]

These black Volkswagon Beetles with video cameras mounted on them have been seen patroling the streets of London, capturing footage of unsuspecting innocents. Is Google behind this?

Expect Google Street Views of London popping up sometime soon on Google UK.

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Glen on Oct 1, 2007 at 12:59 am

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nXplorer on Oct 1, 2007 at 1:49 pm

I hope its Google. If been waiting for Google Streetview in Europe since it started in the US.
Virtcity on Oct 5, 2007 at 10:42 am

http://virtcity.ru/rub/index.php?nodeparent=65 - virtual tours of Russian cities.
Zagran on Apr 1, 2008 at 4:46 am

I hope its Google.
John on Apr 20, 2008 at 11:46 am

I would love to see Google Maps Street View in the UK as it would be very interesting and useful, but I am rather worried about the privacy issue!
Karen Eliot on Apr 23, 2008 at 4:26 pm

What a lot of horrible tacky ads on this blog!!! Just as well I’m using an adblocker - really works!
Svetik on May 8, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Thanks for very interesting article. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It?s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else?s point of view? makes you think more. So please keep up the great work.
All the best
antimaulnetizm on May 28, 2008 at 9:49 pm

Google had to cough up the IP. As they are required by law. And now suddenly Google is … Bold Is Good, I Hope It’s Better Than My Curve