Editing Google Maps (section)

=== Street View ===
{{Main|Google Street View}}
[[File:Google Maps Car at Googleplex.jpg|thumb|A Google Maps car at [[Googleplex]], [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]]]] On May 25, 2007, Google released [[Google Street View]], a feature of Google Maps providing [[360°]] panoramic street-level views of various locations. On the date of release, the feature only included five cities in the U.S. It has since expanded to thousands of locations around the world. In July 2009, Google began mapping college campuses and surrounding paths and [[trail]]s.

Street View garnered much controversy after its release because of [[Google Street View privacy concerns|privacy concerns]] about the uncensored nature of the panoramic photographs, although the views are only taken on public streets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifpandnpthenwe.gnn.tv/headlines/14488/The_Google_ick_factor|title=The Google 'ick' factor|date=July 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817042700/http://ifpandnpthenwe.gnn.tv/headlines/14488/The_Google_ick_factor|archive-date=August 17, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=July 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/06/want_off_street.html|title=Want Off Street View?|last=Poulsen|first=Kevin|date=July 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618130244/http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/06/want_off_street.html|archive-date=June 18, 2007|url-status=live|magazine=Wired}}</ref> Since then, Google has blurred faces and license plates through automated [[face detection|facial recognition]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mashable.com/2012/08/22/google-maps-facts/#_|title=11 Fascinating Facts About Google Maps|last=Petronzio i|first=Matt|date=August 22, 2012|work=[[Mashable]]|access-date=April 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410002316/http://mashable.com/2012/08/22/google-maps-facts/#_|archive-date=April 10, 2015|url-status=live|quote=Google employs automatic face and license plate blurring technology to protect people’s privacy in Street View, and users can even request additional blurring. Aerial imagery provides much less detail and resolution.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-begins-blurring-faces-in-street-view/|title=Google begins blurring faces in Street View|date=May 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626080941/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9943140-7.html|archive-date=June 26, 2011|url-status=live|access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40424079/how-google-street-view-spawned-an-accidental-art-form|title=How Google Street View Became An Art Form|date=2017-05-25|work=Fast Company|access-date=2018-07-12|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125135753/https://www.fastcompany.com/40424079/how-google-street-view-spawned-an-accidental-art-form|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Google-Maps-Backpack-NYC.png|thumb|Google Maps Street View Trekker backpack being implemented on the sidewalk of the Hudson River Greenway in New York City]]

In late 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View, including {{convert|2300|km|mi}} of the Australian [[Great Barrier Reef]] in 3D. The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots every 3 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2014/11/16/240622233/Google-Launches-Underwater-Street-View|title=Google Launches Underwater Street View|date=November 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030153/http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2014/11/16/240622233/Google-Launches-Underwater-Street-View|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, in both Google Maps and Google Earth, Street View navigation of the [[International Space Station]] interior spaces became available.