Street View stories

Google Street View cars about to hit NZ roads again
Mon, 20th May 2019
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If you’ve ever used Google Streetview and been frustrated that the imagery is so outdated by years, Google brings good news.

Google launches NZ Street View historical imagery
Fri, 25th Apr 2014
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Google introduces a time-travel feature in NZ Street View, allowing Kiwis to explore pre and post-quake Christchurch in a digital archive.

Google Street View Trekker takes on the Abel Tasman
Tue, 20th Aug 2013
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Google has brought its Trekker camera to New Zealand to capture Street View imagery of the country's Great Walks.

Google Australia to destroy street view data
Fri, 10th Aug 2012
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Google ordered to delete Aussie Wi-Fi data caught by Street View cars after a privacy inquiry exposes the collection of personal info.

Google faces enquiry over undeleted data
Mon, 30th Jul 2012
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Following the global outage of Google Talk, the internet search engine is under investigation after admitting failing to delete private user information.

Google fined over Street View gaffe
Tue, 22nd Mar 2011
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Google fined €100k by French watchdog for wi-fi snooping via Street View, the largest penalty CNIL has issued yet. Google vows to delete data.