Google Street View is coming to Belgium at last. Starting with the big cities like Brussels, Antwerp & Gent.
There are still some troubles concerning privacy (we do have a very severe privacy law here...)
More on: http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.tijd.be%2Ftzine%2F2009%2F03%2Fgoogle-street-view-komt-naar-belgi%25C3%25AB.html&sl=nl&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1
I hope they add more detailed satelite views also now... |
I got that news yesterday from Le Soir http://www.lesoir.be/actualite/belgique/les-google-cars-debarquent-en-belgique-2009-03-13-695658.shtml is Belgacom quoting Le Soir or do they have the same source? |
Just one thing to point out, they have been shooting photo's in many countries where streetview still isn't released... so the "coming to Belgium at last" is kinda too early to say. |
Google will come in Canada too, it's confirmed. |
Most news paper use Belga, the national press agency (not Belgacom ;-) that's our national telecom operator), as a source.
I searched Google but I didn't find an official press release...
I found meanwhile this on Street View Ireland: http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/12505/digital-life/ireland-gets-google-street-view
|
Oups, sorry for belgacom ^^ (even if I used to phone with Proximus :-P)
I've not found any official press release, so I think Le Soir journalist got answers from Google, he published it, then Belga read the article and also asked Google for Street View and wrote an article too. Any journalist from Belgium in the place? ^^
BTW, for Ireland, there is a pic of this car driving in Dublin http://schmap.me/tkefqe/ |
How many cars they are planning to use in Belgium? |
Google said to Belgian journalists they will not reveal this information. But I think they will reuse cars from France, Netherlands and Germany ^^ |
That decision was expected. But probably they will use cars from those countries :) |
The Irish Times coverage of the Ireland launch: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0314/1224242851121.html |
I saw this car today... Is cyclomedia working for Google?
http://picasaweb.google.nl/lh/photo/TCInQuDSeJuWxSPxMTwS9g?feat=directlink |
No, they are working for themselve :-] (and government?) http://blogoscoped.com/forum/147341.html#id147350 |