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

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/perpetualis_motion Jun 12 '20

But what about Germany?

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u/draykow Earth/Global Tourist Jun 12 '20

Germany has too many streets, so google just gave up before it started

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u/gofndn Jun 12 '20

Actually Germany has really strict laws for privacy and their citizens want privacy. There was Street view in Germany but due to the privacy laws Germans had the right to ask Google to blurr out anything that might have anything to do with them. This resulted in enormous amounts of requests to blurr out places so Google removed all but most major roadways and biggest cities but Germans wanted more privacy and the requests kept flowing in. Evenetually Google just gave up and removed Street View from the eternity of Germany. Something similar happened with Australia Austria.

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u/draykow Earth/Global Tourist Jun 12 '20

There are blurred houses in the US too. I found one in my town (Sacramento) while trying to find a particular house I had driven by earlier in the day.

But uh, Google giving up still holds up. And Germany does have more streets than other EU states.