Streetview comes to Canada!

[Ervin]

I am happy to announce that Google finally brought street view to Canada!

"But wait!" you might ask, wasn't street view in Canada for a while now? Well, yes, but only partially. Today when I went to look at the more isolated parts surrounding Toronto on Google maps, I was surprised to see that the yellow street view guy was lit when in those parts where it was usually grey. I then zoomed out and realised that pretty much all of the populated parts of Canada now have street view, much like the United States which has been almost entirely blue for a while now.

Enjoy!


Edit: Holy hell! Even a tiny very northern town called Inuvik has street view!

Edit2: Google loves Finland.

 

[CharlotteR]

This is great! They even covered the neighbourhood I grew up in in South Porcupine (Connaught Hill)!

 

[junctionist]

That's impressive because just a few days ago I was looking at St. Catharines and was disappointed there was no Streetview coverage when I remembered that even obscure small towns in the U.S. have had it for awhile.

 

[DSCToronto]

Sorry to breath life into this very old thread but I seem to be seeing more and more Streetviews that have not been re-photographed for several years. I realise that Streetview is free but it WOULD be good to see more recent photos of many streets. Do they have a schedule for photographing??

 

[Paclo]

Sorry to breath life into this very old thread but I seem to be seeing more and more Streetviews that have not been re-photographed for several years. I realise that Streetview is free but it WOULD be good to see more recent photos of many streets. Do they have a schedule for photographing??

Google used to publish a detailed list of coverage zones and times but I can't find that at the moment, you can still see when certain "districts" will get their next coverage at this link:

How Street View works and where we will collect images next

Find out how the Street View team is working behind the scenes. Learn how Street View collects its imagery, where we have been and where we are going next to collect 360 images.

www.google.com

I find that most of Canada's large urban centres are getting coverage every 1-2 years at this point -- at least on main roads -- and typically between April-November

Apple Lookaround also provides a similar level of data (when used in conjunction with Streetview you can often find spots covered multiple times a year)

Look Around College St

College St Toronto ON M5T 1R9 Canada

maps.apple.com