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Google releases a large update of fresh Street View imagery

by Mickey Mellen on Jun.13, 2013, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

It appears that Google has just pushed out a major update to Street View, covering areas in many states around the US and many countries around the world. Thanks to GEB reader ‘Munden’ for being the first to notice it, and for compiling the list below.

streetview-aquarium

While Google hasn’t released an official list of updated areas, there appear to be updates in Brazil, Canada, Chile, China (Hong Kong), Denmark, France, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, UK and the US. Some specific areas include:

United Kingdom

Panshanger Aerodrome

USA

Washington State

Saltwater State Park

Dash Point State Park

Centre at Norpoint

Stewart Heights Park

New York City

Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Randall’s Island Park, New York City

Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Manhattan

Rockaway Boardwalk, Long Island

Coney Island

Massachusetts

Wellesley College, MA

Boston Children’s Museum

Faneuil Market Place, Boston

Connecticut

University of Connecticut

Mark Twain House

Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island

Virginia

Virginia Beach Boardwalk

Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach

Pamplin Historical Park

General Sheppard Crump Memorial Park

Others

Aquarium of the Pacific - California

McDowell Mountain Regional Park - Arizona, and it includes new backpack imagery.

Aquarium of the Americas - New Orleans, Louisiana

All of this imagery is available in Google Maps using the links above, but can also be found directly in Google Earth. Here’s a short video that shows how that works if you’ve never used Street View in Google Earth before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeFyFRbGCSM

If you find any other updated areas, please leave a comment and let us know.

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