The Street View feature of Google Maps in Germany was and is probably still an issue. Privacy advocates brace themselves against the woe management service.

Germany's neighbor states, however, seem to have done less resistance. Because there is Street View is already available.

In some areas it is almost everywhere!

Availability of Google Street View around Germany

If you click on Google Maps Street View ( this is how Street View ), then all verfügbarben Street View screens highlighted in blue. Focus To Basket to Germany and its neighbors, thus forming mainly in France as early as remarkably large blue areas. For the Netherlands and Denmark Street View is already available almost everywhere and in the Czech Republic Street View for the Greater Prague online.

I got "my" corner - the southwest - sometimes looked a little closer. The blue areas in France StreetVview hear exactly on the border with Germany. Also for Switzerland Street View is already partially online. Thus the metropolitan area is Zurich to Winterthur available through:

Google Street View available for southwestern Germany

Allen apparently has cast the German bureaucracy's Street View rollout plan far back.

Germany Blossoms probably for the small Gallic village. Ratingen (near Dusseldorf) considered whether it € 20 per photographed km will require Molfsee (near Kiel) says the camera-cars would need a special permit, some Kommunalpolitker says that every criminal could plan the next break and publishers' associations and some companies (including a German branch Microsoft called ciao) even in the German federal antitrust complaint against Google filed.

Personally, I can connect myself to the data protection under certain conditions (especially since Google faces and license plates must be made unrecognizable), but rather think of the benefits, such as that I do my potential holiday home and its environment, a closer look at the safe side before booking . And think about the times of navigation? Android, there is already an app that can use Street View to Naigation. Wow! When Street View is finally online in Germany?

Oh, and since recently also offer a flight Bing Picture mode, which is similar to Google's Street View ( via ). This service is not (yet) apply only to a few American cities, but it will certainly not remain.

Update 12.02.2010: While arguing in Germany yet, it starts already in Canada to the ski slopes photographing , so prepare yourself for every one Olympic Games can

As you stand against Street View? Dangerous? Or outweigh the benefits for you?