Google's Street View arrives in France
<br />Google Maps Street View has begun arriving in France. Blue lines on roads indicate where the view is available.(Credit: CNET News)<br /><br />Google has begun expanding its Street View feature of Google Maps to several major cities in France, the first European country to get the Internet giant's driver's-eye view.<br /><br />"We've added coverage for 6 major cities in France: Paris, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Marseille, and Nice," said Luc Vincent, engineering director of Street View and a native of France, in a blog posting Wednesday. "France is the first country in Europe to benefit from Street View imagery and I'm delighted that many of my favorite places are included in the new coverage, including the street where I grew up."<br /><br />Google gave a preview of coming attractions in July by showing Street View for the Tour de France bicycle race route.<br /><br />Street View has raised privacy hackles, but Google now blurs faces in Street View to ameliorate the concern.<br /><br />(Via Google Blogoscoped.)<br /> <br />
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