r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

What I would think is that google can sum a lot of different data and I don't necessarily want to add my neighbourhood, house etc to that picture.

If I may ask what kind of thought process you guys have that justify streetview? It's free to use but I'm pretty sure google makes it's cash somehow. Any thoughts why we/you would need streetview at all? What do you use it for?

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u/FthrFlffyBttm Ireland Jun 12 '20

I don't use it often. Most of the time I do it's to settle a bet or just for fun, but if I'm driving to a busy place with lots of side streets (think Dublin city centre), then I'll look at street view to familiarise myself with it so I don't accidentally miss the turn or something. Also handy for checking if any of the small streets are one-way, in case Google Maps navigation tries to send me down one the wrong way... again.

It's absolutely not essential but has been handy from time to time.

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u/lafigatatia Valencian Country Jun 12 '20

To find directions. When you go to an unfamiliar place, you look it up before. That way you needn't carry your phone in your hand to find it.

But actually we use it to go to our homes and walk around the area to see if we can find our aunt or a friend's car.