Google map adds South Africa and Norway to street view

[Fresh Prince of Wmbg 44]

http://maps.google.com/

South Africa has been added to street view on google maps; just in time for the World cup, folks. Also Norway has been added.

  BTW- Olso and Johannesburg look beautiful. Both cities are urban jewels that represent each country.

[Jumpthefence 74]

That's great and all, but someone's got to keep those Norwegians under control!

Nah, I'm just kidding, it's good to see Google keeps expanding around the globe.

And I would totally recommend checking out Oslo- cool stuff!

[Slashback 136]

Originally posted by: Jumpthefence

 those Norwegians

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What are they doing? The Norwegians are kinda crazy

[Cobraroll 138]

^Hey!

And I think it's two months since I found my house in Street View... do we get the service earlier than the rest of the world, or is this just an "old" discovery?

[Barbarossa 51]

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  Edited September 8, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[Odainsaker 2,133]

Cool...time to check out the views from Cape Town.

I have just been wishing for months that they would hurry and create streetviews of Vienna and Shanghai.

Streetviews of Tokyo, however, are totally cool...I wandered all around narrow alleys in the Okubo district of Shinjuku ward trying to make my way to Watanabe Yoji's New Sky Building No. 3, one of my personal all-time favorite bizarro Metabolist buildings. Sadly, after checking out views of the Cosmo Tower and Osaka Castle in Osaka, I could only look at the former lots of the demolished Kurokawa Kisho's Sony Tower and Takamatsu Shin's Kirin Plaza, though I think my next virtual trip there is going to make a pilgrimage to see the wonderfully ungainly Tsutenkaku.

Smacks head...doh, this is how I get images of the base mall around the Landmark Tower in Yokohama. That'll be tomorrow's online getaway.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: Barbarossa

Ha!  Haven't you heard about it before this?  There is a movement of people who follow the Google vans around and do crazy stunts when they know the truck/van/car will be mapping an area.  Scuba gear is the #1 thing they do, but I have read that they also do other silly stunts.  Quite amusing, actually.  I like it... it does no harm and gives a great laugh.quote>

For example:  link

[Loney 22]

I think by the time Google completely finishes their Google Street View, parts of the Street View will be close or over a decade out of date.

[sneakeypete 16]

I saw a google street view car in South Australia in feburary '10, so i guess they're going to upload the updated australia set around the end of this year sometime.