Google Street View in Oceania

In Oceania, Google Street View is available in most parts of Australia and New Zealand.

On 4 August 2008, the long-anticipated image collection of Australia was introduced. At this time, 18 camera icons were added. Extensive mapping of New Zealand was included on 1 December 2008. On 9 December 2008, Darwin, Australia, and other locations were included. On 30 October 2009, Google Australia announced that they would be sending its fleet of cars back on the road from November 2009 to update Street View Australia with new images.

In October 2010, Google Street View ceased operations in Australia after its Street View cars were found to have been collecting Wi-Fi data from home Wi-Fi networks.[1] In May 2011, Google Australia stated that they had removed all the Wi-Fi sniffing equipment and that they planned to shoot Australian roads again, but did not provide a specific timetable.[2] On 27 July 2011, major urban and regional centres of Australia were updated with the new HD imagery.

In February 2015 another update of Australia with HD imagery was released, as part of the first update in Northern Territory after the low-resolution imagery. It also affected parts of Western Australia and Queensland. However, some places still have only low-resolution imagery or don't even have Street View coverage at all. As of June 2015, the updates of Australia footage are ongoing.

Timeline of introductions
Date Major locations added
4 August 2008 Adelaide, Albany, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Broken Hill, Cairns, Canberra, Geraldton, Hobart, Karratha, Melbourne, Mount Isa, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga and more rural areas
1 December 2008 Major part of New Zealand
9 December 2008 More areas in Australia
27 July 2011[3] Update with HD images in various locations in Australia
June 29, 2011 Bonin Islands
October 27, 2011Full introduction of Google Business Views, including new businesses in New Zealand
21 February 2012[3] Update with HD images in various locations in New Zealand
April 3, 2012 Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, in Australia
September 25, 2012 Underwater imagery in Australia and Hawaii (United States)[4]
November 28, 2012 Luna Park Sydney, Taronga Zoo, in Australia
September 3, 2013 Updated areas, including Christchurch and Auckland, and more locations in New Zealand
December 11, 2013 Adamstown, Henderson Island in Pitcairn Islands
21 April 2014 Updates and more locations in Australia
4 June 2014
September 22, 2014Unincorporated territories of the United States including:
Hagåtña and more locations in Guam
Capitol Hill, Saipan, Garapan and more locations in the Northern Mariana Islands
18 February 2015 Update and more locations in Australia
2 March 2015 Queensland Museum, Australian War Memorial, National Museum of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Public Record Office Victoria in Australia[5]
May 29, 2015 Pago Pago, Fagatogo, Tafuna, Ofu-Olosega, Manu'a and more locations in American Samoa
June 4, 2015 Underwater views in Papua, Indonesia
Underwater views in the Solomon Islands
Underwater views in the Cook Islands
July 14, 2015 Update and more locations in Australia, including HD update of Alice Springs.
November 3, 2015 Milford Track, Kepler Track, Abel Tasman Coast Track, Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, Heaphy Track, Routeburn Track, Rakiura Track[6] in New Zealand
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Some beaches from Australia: Manly Beach, Bondi Beach, Bronte Beach, Hyams Beach, Byron Bay, Shelly Beach
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Sydney Opera House[7]
Monday, July 18, 2016Updates and more locations in:
 Australia
Saturday, September 3, 2016Updates and more locations in:
 Australia

Areas included

The following areas are included.[8]

 Australia

Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.

 Ecuador

 France

 Indonesia
For other parts of Indonesia, see Google Street View in Asia.

 Japan
For other parts of Japan, see Google Street View in Asia.

 New Zealand

Most towns, cities, villages, major and sealed rural roads, and seven of the nine Great Walks hiking tracks.[6]

 United Kingdom

 United States
For more details, see Google Street View in the United States.

 Vanuatu

Countries without any coverage

Countries of Oceania which do not have coverage:

 Fiji,  Kiribati,  Marshall Islands,  Micronesia,  Nauru,  Palau,  Papua New Guinea,  Samoa,  Solomon Islands,  Tonga,  Tuvalu

Countries partly in Oceania, where the Oceanian parts do not have coverage:
 Chile (Easter Island)


Of these countries, the following have photospheres, 360 degree panorama photos similar to the streetview photos, accessible in Google maps:

Easter Island, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga

Competing products

References
  1. Chloe Herrick. "Google: Street View cars no longer in operation in Australia". Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  2. "Google Australia lays out future Street View privacy measures – Street View, security, privacy, Google, data – Privacy – Security". Techworld. 5 May 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. "Official Google Australia Blog: Updates to Street View in Australia". Google-au.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  4. "Google Lat Long: Dive into the Great Barrier Reef with the first underwater imagery in Google Maps". Google-latlong.blogspot.com. 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  5. Pollard, Emma (2015-03-03). "Australian museum and galleries gets virtual tour treatment from Google Street View technology - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  6. Michael de Waal-Montgomery (2015-11-04). "Enter the world of 'The Lord of the Rings' with Google's latest Street View imagery from New Zealand". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  7. "Sydney Opera House sets sail on Street View". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  8. https://www.google.com/maps/
  9. https://goo.gl/maps/kv6EX9oW8EP2
  10. https://newzealand.googleblog.com/2017/03/visit-vanuatu-on-street-view-and.html
  11. http://www.traveller.com.au/ambrym-vanuatu-google-takes-street-view-inside-an-active-volcano-guxmzn
  12. "Christchurch, New Zealand". EveryScape. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
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