via here:

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/03/street-view-now-in-uk.html

with embedded examples...

wooooooooooooooooooooooot!

resolution in london is pretty good. looks like the imagery was taken last summer (2008) , judging by some of the movie adverts on buses

*** Google will come in Switzerland too! ***
http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/3a2a3478-1405-11de-bcbc-9fbcb3a39722/Google_filme_la_Suisse (in French)

there's extra coverage in northern france as well – calais, le harve, amiens , area around lille extended , rouen.

definitely a lot more in france than the original tour-de-france streetview coverage.

eastern france – strasbourg to hagenau. dont remember that being there before.

think there might be extra coverage in italy too – area around rome and naples looks extended. city of bari in the south too.

and ireland too.
area around belfast going north to larne is covered.

belfast will be interesting – gotta find those infamous loyalist & republican wall murals...

couldnt get this to link directly so here's my first belfast wall mural pic

http://i43.tinypic.com/atn2s.png

its around this area in google streetview if you pan around (direct link didnt work for me)

http://is.gd/nWz9

Looks like Sheffield imagery was taken around 13th July 2008:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sheffield&sll=53.320774,-1.650267&sspn=0.006768,0.019312&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=53.3816,-1.465989&panoid=nUnLbyDuGRwzxrvzujXNjQ&cbp=12,108.33794698096868,,0,-16.599999999999994&ll=53.380084,-1.461149&spn=0.003232,0.009656&z=17&iwloc=addr

another belfast wall mural – oh dear, the face blurring tech even applies to something thats painted!

http://i42.tinypic.com/34946t5.png

Wonder what the government will have to say about this?

they cant do anything namit – its not illegal to take photos in the street.

they'd have to ban the taking of photos in public places.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shinerclay/2724786345/
=> http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=Caledonian+Road,+London,+UK&sll=53.654406,-2.100792&sspn=0.091562,0.30899&g=Littleborough,+Angleterre&ie=UTF8&ll=51.548523,-0.118017&spn=0.024018,0.077248&z=14&iwloc=lyrftr:w2.92,0x48761b0d300868df:0x1be8b2ec2f29e459,51.548417,-0.118275&lci=transit&layer=c&cbll=51.548396,-0.11803&panoid=7GBSFOmhHXLXBqx3RmqFzA&cbp=12,81.05021092919097,,0,5.599999999999996

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodcorp/2653406304/
=> http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=Caledonian+Road,+London,+UK&sll=53.654406,-2.100792&sspn=0.091562,0.30899&g=Littleborough,+Angleterre&ie=UTF8&ll=51.548523,-0.118017&spn=0.024018,0.077248&z=14&iwloc=lyrftr:w2.92,0x48761b0d300868df:0x1be8b2ec2f29e459,51.548417,-0.118275&lci=transit&layer=c&cbll=51.548396,-0.11803&panoid=7GBSFOmhHXLXBqx3RmqFzA&cbp=12,81.05021092919097,,0,5.599999999999996

Thanks, Google. I love it. Woop. :)

northern ireland countryside... stunning

http://is.gd/nWOA

UK coverage already works on the iPhone as well. :)

In Spain: Oviedo and Zaragoza. Metropolitan areas of Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and Seville were added too.

Udine , north-eastern Italy is new.

neutravo is correct – i've noticed that barcelona coverage used to be confined to just the city – now expands out to a big area surrounding the city.

Cagliari on the island of Sardinia..

Somehow seeing this Abbey Road photo *without* four people crossing it in odd ways is... odd.

oasis album – "whats the story morning glory" , in streetview

http://icanhaz.com/morningglory

"they'd have to ban the taking of photos in public places. "
That's on the cards I'm sure.

They can already prevent you taking photos of anything they deem "sensitive" using anti-terror laws, which has led to an abuse of powers by the police who don't understand just what is and isn't allowed. There is also encouragement for the public to treat photographers with suspicion and report them in case they might be a terrorist. Won't be long I bet before public photography is no longer a right. Of course spying on the population with CCTV is another matter.

And within hours people found stuff like a famous dutch presenter with a 'unknown' woman:

http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=1095+Prinsengracht,+Amsterdam,+North+Holland,+Nederland&sll=52.362445,4.900031&sspn=0,359.993091&ie=UTF8&ll=52.363153,4.90031&spn=0.002739,0.006909&z=17&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=52.362495,4.90021&panoid=qFpRmlEdg4Nw2BfnmfWXUA&cbp=12,338.7774119014473,,1,5.4891304347825995

And you have a problem with a famous man being with an unknown woman?

I just think it's a pity they didn't arrange for some famous people to be on that Abbey Road crossing when they drove along that street.

Stitching error:

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.200926,0.105228&spn=0,359.944725&z=14&layer=c&cbll=52.20076,0.105237&panoid=uSumniFDHtKONMePiNPOOQ&cbp=12,74.26570085194489,,0,-6.797157273210712

Scratch that, it's fixed

Two large areas of the NE coast of Scotland are mapped in addition to the cities of Dundee and Aberdeen.

Is the Auto Suggest feature in Google Maps new? It has always suggested place I've visited before in a drop-down but not general street name that match my input. Now I see those as well.

apparently this doesn't work on maps.google.com but it does on maps.google.de

how about this for a sea view.. Positano , south of Naples in Italy

http://is.gd/o21g

another view of Positano in streetview
http://is.gd/o2io

here's an evening photo of this place..

http://www.easitalytours.com/public/upload/image/positano_02.jpg

Max Headroom

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Lord+Mayor%27s+Walk,+York,+York+YO31,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-12.392578&sspn=0,315.087891&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FZ5sNwMdS4Xv_w&split=0&ll=53.964077,-1.079321&spn=0.003547,0.02193&z=16&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=53.964009,-1.079203&panoid=FGxJGo8mQ0sSFvbImvTs3Q&cbp=12,74.79191806966628,,1,8.940413120059741

Pegman in Rotterdam thnx to Hebbet,

http://www.googlewatchblog.de/2009/03/19/easter-egg-google-street-view-pegman-in-echt/

Playing hide and seek?
http://www.websonic.nl/nieuws/032009/images/pegman_rotterdam_2.jpg

Looks like the missed out Buckingham Palace.
http://quezi.com/5338

Wally found?

http://is.gd/o9If

not sure if this is the real Wheres Wally easter egg. but it might be...

timbertime: start here http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.501,-0.142&spn=0.003,0.003&t=h&q=51.501,-0.142

And Street View enabled:
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=51.501,-0.142&ie=UTF8&ll=51.500114,-0.140805&spn=0.010633,0.027122&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.50022,-0.140962&panoid=OBCKdxLiFIf3JqaiT3KUdA&cbp=12,315.1463144162026,,0,5.712025316455696

yes, buckingham palace is not covered.

however there is a paddington bear in several locations.

found him here in trafalgar square:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=trafalgar+square,+london&sll=51.556582,-0.593262&sspn=1.530094,4.943848&ie=UTF8&ll=51.50744,-0.127298&spn=0.001342,0.013733&z=17&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=51.507258,-0.127481&panoid=ZX7jlmg9lV4npvbYU3uBUw&cbp=12,281.24334446532623,,1,6.195312499999998

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Tut tut Tom, stay off 4chan :P

[Google] European Public Policy Blog's coverage at
http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/street-view-and-you.html

From Connaught Square (London):
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=connaught+square,london&sll=53.411928,-2.175584&sspn=0.008812,0.019054&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.514253,-0.16415&panoid=RfzDeG5vzibFpf2iqeV5Rw&cbp=12,234.70205920642977,,1,10.200770378677345&ll=51.514639,-0.1641&spn=0,359.999405&z=21&iwloc=addr

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3707520.stm
(Tony Blair lives here)

'Google launches Street View despite privacy concerns':
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5939562.ece

"....
Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, argued that the company should have sought the consent of the communities it was photographing before launching the service. He vowed to fight the service until it was taken down.

The Information Commissioner’s office was consulted by Google about its plans, and gave approval for the launch. Lawyers doubt any legal action could succeed.

Tom Brake MP, the Liberal Affairs Home Affairs spokesperson, said he would be bringing the matter before ministers at parliament today.
...."

there are sooooo many CCTV cameras in UK, and they are still concerned about their privacy? OMG... <(-_-')>

Street View spots ET etc:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164716/Youve-Googled-Street-View-spots-ET-Liam-Gallagher.html

And new UK cities coming to Street View:

"There have been reported sightings in areas such as Worthing, Bexhill-on-sea, Eastbourne, Southampton, Redding, Buckingham, Ipswich, Chelmsford and Tunbridge Wells. It also appears that Bradford, Bolton and Blackburn as well as Dundee are also very much on the Google radar.
...."

http://itvibe.com/news/4645/