Google Street View in Oceania explained
In Oceania, Google Street View is available in most parts of Australia and New Zealand.
On 4 August 2008, the long-anticipated image collection of Australia was introduced. At this time, 18 camera icons were added. Extensive mapping of New Zealand was included on 1 December 2008. On 9 December 2008, Darwin, Australia, and other locations were included.On 30 October 2009, Google Australia announced that they would be sending its fleet of cars back on the road from November 2009 to update Street View Australia with new images.
In June 2010, Google Street View ceased operations in Australia after its Street View cars were found to have been collecting Wi-Fi data from home Wi-Fi networks.[1] In May 2011, Google Australia stated that they had removed all the Wi-Fi sniffing equipment and that they planned to shoot Australian roads again, but did not provide a specific timetable.[2] Driving did not recommence in Australia until 2013. On 27 July 2011, major urban and regional centres of Australia were updated with the new HD imagery.
In February 2015 another update of Australia with HD imagery was released, as part of the first update in Northern Territory after the low-resolution imagery. It also affected parts of Western Australia and Queensland. However, some places still have only low-resolution imagery or don't even have Street View coverage at all. As of April 2024, the updates of Australia footage are ongoing, with most areas now having high-quality, recent imagery.
Timeline of introductions
| Date | Major locations added |
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| August 2008 |  Adelaide, Albany, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Broken Hill, Cairns, Canberra, Geraldton, Hobart, Karratha, Melbourne, Mount Isa, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga and more rural areas |
| December 2008 |  Major part of New Zealand More areas in Australia |
| July 2011[3] | Update with HD images in various locations in Australia |
| June 2011 |  Bonin Islands |
| October 2011 | Full introduction of Google Business Views, including new businesses in New Zealand |
| February 2012 | Update with HD images in various locations in New Zealand |
| April 2012 | Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, in Australia |
| September 2012 | Underwater imagery in Australia and Hawaii (United States)[4] |
| November 2012 | Luna Park Sydney, Taronga Zoo, in Australia |
| September 2013 | Updated areas, including Christchurch and Auckland, and more locations in New Zealand |
| December 2013 | Adamstown, Henderson Island in Pitcairn Islands |
| March 2014 | Cockatoo Island |
| September 2014 | Unincorporated territories of the United States including:
 Hagåtña and more locations in Guam
 Capitol Hill, Saipan, Garapan and more locations in the Northern Mariana Islands |
| February 2015 | Update and more locations in Australia |
| March 2015 | Queensland Museum, Australian War Memorial, National Museum of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Public Record Office Victoria in Australia[5] |
| May 2015 |  Pago Pago, Fagatogo, Tafuna, Ofu-Olosega, Manu'a and more locations in American Samoa |
| July 2015 | Update and more locations in Australia, including HD update of Alice Springs. |
| November 2015 | Milford Track, Kepler Track, Abel Tasman Coast Track, Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, Heaphy Track, Routeburn Track, Rakiura Track[6] in New Zealand |
| December 2015 | Some beaches from Australia: Manly Beach, Bondi Beach, Bronte Beach, Hyams Beach, Byron Bay, Shelly Beach |
| April 2016 | Sydney Opera House[7] |
| May 2016 | Cape Willoughby Conservation Park & Flinders Chase National Park |
| June 2016 | Mount Ainslie Lookout & National Arboretum Canberra |
| July 2016 | Australia:
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| September 2016 | Namadgi National Park |
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Areas included
The following areas are included.[8]
Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.
For other parts of Indonesia, see Google Street View in Asia.
For other parts of Japan, see Google Street View in Asia.
Most towns, cities, villages, major and sealed rural roads, and seven of the nine Great Walks hiking tracks.[6]
For more details, see Google Street View in the United States.
Countries without any coverage
Countries of Oceania which do not have coverage:
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All these countries have photospheres, 360 degree panorama photos similar to the streetview photos, accessible in Google maps, but they are either unofficially made by other companies or by singular people that are not associated with Google.
Competing products
Notes and References
- Web site: Google: Street View cars no longer in operation in Australia. Chloe Herrick. 2013-01-19. 2015-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015128/http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/366213/google_street_view_cars_no_longer_operation_australia/. dead.
- Web site: Google Australia lays out future Street View privacy measures – Street View, security, privacy, Google, data – Privacy – Security . Techworld . 5 May 2011 . December 16, 2011.
- Web site: Official Google Australia Blog: Updates to Street View in Australia . Google-au.blogspot.com . 2013-01-19.
- Web site: Google Lat Long: Dive into the Great Barrier Reef with the first underwater imagery in Google Maps . Google-latlong.blogspot.com . 2012-09-25 . 2013-01-19.
- Web site: Pollard . Emma . Australian museum and galleries gets virtual tour treatment from Google Street View technology - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . Abc.net.au . 2015-03-03 . 2015-12-03.
- Web site: Michael de Waal-Montgomery . Enter the world of 'The Lord of the Rings' with Google's latest Street View imagery from New Zealand . VentureBeat . 2015-11-04 . 2015-12-03.
- Web site: Sydney Opera House sets sail on Street View. 27 April 2016. 26 July 2016.
- Web site: Google Maps.
- Web site: Visit Vanuatu on Street View, and journey under the earth's surface.
- Web site: You can now climb inside an active volcano with Google Street View. 16 March 2017.
- Web site: Christchurch, New Zealand . EveryScape . 2013-10-18.
