Hopefully not long now till Google launch their much anticipated Google street view mapping imagery in the UK. For months, the Google street view cars have been spotted all over the UK filming streets all over England, Scotland and Wales. Reported rumours have been saying that Google will be launching their much awaited street view mapping imagery before the end of 2008.

However, a small innovative Italian mapping company, Seety, who recently set up a London office, have beaten Google Street View by being the first company to launch a Street Level View mapping solution, online, for a UK city - London. Well done to Seety for beating the biggest player in the mapping imagery market, Google, for the the most pestigous city in the Uk, and Europe, London. (more…)

We’ve been getting lots of sightings, by Camvista snoopers, of the current locations that the fleet of Google Street View cars are currently filming around the UK. A BIG thank you to all our Camvista snoopers who are kindly reporting their sightings around the UK and keeping us all fully informed on the progress that Google are making with their new Street View photo-mapping tool.

Today, Friday 15th September, a Google Street View car was spotted at 10.20 am on the main Edinburgh road - Queensferry Road. The Google car wasn’t filming as all the camera equipment, on the roof of the car, was fully covered over. The Google car was in a big hurry, as it nearly drove through red lights on Queensferry Road. Must have been in a hurry to drop of the passengers at Princes street for some Friday morning shopping!!

Still no definate date from Google when they will be launching Street View in the UK. Street View is currently available only for certain locations in the US, France, Italy, Australia and Japan. Word on the street is that Google still hopes to launch Street View in the UK by the end of this year - 2008. From all the Street View Google car sightings that we’ve received, it would appear that many cities and towns throughout the UK will be featured on their new Street View photo-mapping tool.

July 2008 has been a very busy month for Google’s Street View cars zooming around many cities and towns in the UK. There has been many sightings of the Google VW cars, with six hi spec cameras on their roofs, filming 360 degrees panoramic street-level views for Google Maps, about to be launched Street View application for the UK Google Maps. Let’s hope Google has enough dollars in their Bank to pay the high fuel costs in the UK. By all accounts, their pool of Street View cars, in the UK, are fairly upping their milage, in the streets of many UK cities, and towns, in order to launch Street View in the UK by Autumn 2008.

So far, to our knowledge, Google Street View cars have been recently spotted driving the streets in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow, Norwich, Oxford, Nottingham, Bristol, Plymouth, Coventry. Google’s fuel budget, must be doing well with the strength of the Dollar, as some of their Street View VW cars have been spotted as far North as Inverness and Ullapool in Scotland. (more…)

The 2008 Tour de France, the world’s largest cycle race, 23-day, 21 stage bicycle race, reaches it’s climax on Sunday 27th July 2008, as the cyclists complete the 3,500 kilometres 2008 Tour de France and finish the final day stage in Paris, when they reach the finish line on the Champs Elysees.

This year, Tour de France fans and race cycling supporters, around the world, have been able to enjoy a more online interactive experience of the world’s most famous cycle race, thanks to Google launching their new Steet View 360 degrees panoramic street-level views of the exact route for the 2008 Tour de France. Thanks to the new Google Map application, Street View. (more…)

Word on the street is that Google will be shortly launching their popular Street View Google Maps panoramic views in the UK by autumn 2008. Google’s Street View immersive’s video footage, already available to be viewed online in many cities around the US, and in France, and now Italy, is already proving to be a massive hit for Internet visitors using the `free to use` Google Maps street view application.

Google’s Street View technology allows computer visitors to view 360 degrees panoramic street-level views of their favourite street, landmark, location or building in their city that Google Maps have already launched their Google Maps street view panoramic views. Already, Google’s modified cars, normally VW’s, with six hi spec cameras on their roofs, are filming their 360 degress camera images, have been spotted recently in some of the UK’s major cities. Such as London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, to name a few of the UK cities that Google Maps are currently filming for their Street View application. It is expected that a number of UK cities will be online and available to be street viewed on Google Maps by autumn 2008. (more…)