We (Zorgloob) just received a mail from Google France today with a teaser to an announcement for tomorrow.

The mail also include a picture that made us understand what is coming... It pretty big, related to one of the most popular Google service, and it's a new feature for France (at least).

The bad news is that we can not broadcast the mail... until tomorrow.

Hé hé, my colleague loves making buzz... me too, and he is right! Big news tomorrow!

Street View for France?

I think it is to early.

The new york pics are from September 2007, launched in May 08

Zorgloob readers think that it will be on of them :

- @gmail.fr email service
- Street Views in France
- Improved Contact Manager
- Offline ads in French
- Official Google France blog...

There are already people that have @gmail.fr addresses (http://www.arkadia.com/usa/members/14308/), so that's a good guess for the new offering.

An interesting thing:
www.gmail.fr – redirects to --> google.com
gmail.fr – redirects to --> mail.google.com

I can't wait...do you know what time i will be at? I'm going to Zimbabwe tomorrow so i might not hear it until I get back on monday!

I also received an e-mail from Google France – mine mentioned a big event starting on Saturday in France.

Tour de Dop :D

^^ – I hope this edition will be "cleaner" than before...

*confused*

The feature is now live! Welcome to Google StreetView in France :)

http://www.zorgloob.com/images/tdf.png

Streetviews are available on Tour de France roads only, People faces are blured as in New York.

http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=arc+de+triomphe&ie=UTF8&ll=48.875759,2.30022&spn=0.006308,0.027122&z=16&layer=c&cbll=48.872439,2.299256&panoid=rB96zlxrIqbsfdt0ktIlkg&cbp=2,46.93663028923055,,1,10.214459257354509

To be exact, as the tour de France is, this year, stopping in Italy, we have also some pictures of one city nammed Cuneo...

Note also that Google StreetView Cars can not drive on snow :)

http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=arc+de+triomphe&ie=UTF8&ll=48.875759,2.30022&spn=0.006308,0.027122&z=16&layer=c&cbll=48.872439,2.299256&panoid=rB96zlxrIqbsfdt0ktIlkg&cbp=2,46.93663028923055,,1,10.214459257354509

The G car want at 500m from my house :)
Why didn't it go at Versailles' castle?
I like the little town "de Bretagne":
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=47.680356,-2.974806&spn=0.028836,0.086517&z=14&layer=c&cbll=47.665912,-2.978666&panoid=E-O04Lr82OP-RCRGbD2tEA&cbp=2,324.80103826999346,,0,-7.439235149561234

And what about this beach?
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.64126,-2.019038&spn=0.01415,0.043259&z=15&layer=c&cbll=48.634157,-2.020964&panoid=IQ80kq6AT2o0TNNX0NE7wQ&cbp=2,263.54849487544516,,1,-2.5817953668502533

The US embassy won't be attacked today:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=embassy+usa&near=paris&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=48.89559,2.327385&spn=0.056315,0.173035&z=13&cbll=48.867302,2.319686&panoid=U3JAOxKjqbaW0gi67sA8Bw&cbp=2,71.47507777471878,,0,7.034595458603144

Here's my sweet home:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Elysee+Palace,+Paris,+Paris,+Ile-de-France,+France&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,48.870500,2.316550&layer=c&ll=48.87192,2.316077&spn=0.007043,0.021629&z=16&cbll=48.868391,2.315105&panoid=OE5uTBGE1FT-d7ijGhlo6A&cbp=2,50.564046493278965,,0,-13.357094820697384

And a beautiful panorama:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Elysee+Palace,+Paris,+Paris,+Ile-de-France,+France&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,48.870500,2.316550&layer=c&ll=45.099669,6.43198&spn=0.030232,0.086517&t=p&z=14&cbll=45.084462,6.428137&panoid=A9iXm1uUBJMNaXPI0kIh-w&cbp=2,77.50140723599351,,0,-15.16180522708365

All these pics has been taken... in April, May and June.
woot!

(all links tinyurl-ed)
Arc de Triomphe: http://preview.tinyurl.com/4hcyck
Eiffel Tower: http://preview.tinyurl.com/4456c3

The terrain layer is pretty sweet. (new to me)

Rasko, here are your cars
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=48.634157,-2.020964&panoid=IQ80kq6AT2o0TNNX0NE7wQ&cbp=2,0.3629554905933219,,1,10.47718993820285&ll=48.64092,-2.019038&spn=0.012506,0.054245&z=15

I can see my house in streetview :p

(The "tour de france" will arrive in a street parralel to mine ^^)

A clever way to soft launch a service in a country where we used to be very privacy aware...

They didn't blur the US embassy while people are sometimes barred from taking pictures.
   http://maps.google.fr/maps?ie=UTF8&layer=c&ll=48.873776,2.32275&spn=0.016484,0.04446&z=15&cbll=48.867099,2.320279&panoid=m0OGRR1yqZ8s2Uc0VcshDA&cbp=1,6.002619903314098,,0,-2.383577056037082

Who is this guy? :)
http://maps.google.fr/maps?ie=UTF8&layer=c&ll=48.477132,2.169456&spn=0.082162,0.21698&z=13&cbll=48.435966,2.161726&panoid=EQo1LCuEM10skZfi5zvi2w&cbp=2,114.99409178395422,,0,5.240137945158945

Gosh, I've missed the GCar here in Cuneo!

Cheers

hniu ah ah ah!! Thanks, that is funny :)

hniu: maybe that guy is the driver, who has just cleaned the camera lens to wipe of some raindrops.

seems face blurring do not work for black people.

me: ... or rather just some people in general.

There are lots of missed blurred faces...but, they do a good job on the license plates!

looks like streetview might not be happening in the UK:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7488524.stm

From the article linked above:

<< Mr Davies [from Privacy International] added: "Google likes to think of itself as a global player. In reality it is acting like an irresponsible adolescent." >>

really enjoying this France streetview.

i must admit, i was getting a bit bored of American architecture... this makes a nice change.

And some the landscapes in the Pyrennes and the Alps are absolutely stunning.

[moved]

Have Google blurred photo ID in this image?

Impressed if they have

http://maps.google.fr/maps?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=48.867099,2.320279&panoid=m0OGRR1yqZ8s2Uc0VcshDA&cbp=1,58.5970854079992,,2,23.813409488403604&ll=48.873776,2.32275&spn=0.025771,0.051155&z=15