Google’s Street View Covers 10 Million Miles: Report

Google's Street View comprising millions of panoramic images is undoubtedly one of the richest sources on the planet to view our surroundings. Have you ever wondered how vast the software behemothic's street view coverage is? Well, it is x million miles (xvi million kilometers) in Street View, according to a recent study from CNET.

To put that in perspective, Google says that the altitude covered would exist equivalent to circling World over 400 times. This incredible achievement is fabricated possible every bit a combined attempt throughout 12 years, from the day Google debuted Street View.

The company has made some incredible progress in its satellite imagery mapping service Google Earth as well. Equally CNET reports, Google Earth now has a database consisting of 36 one thousand thousand foursquare miles of our planet.

In addition, Google mentions that it has expanded its coverage to areas where 98% of the people live. It is worth noting that this is the first time the company has opened upward with figures regarding its coverage ever since information technology launched these services.

"Imagery is at the core of everything nosotros practice. Nosotros retrieve of it as the foundation of the entire mapmaking process.", Ethan Russell, a managing director of production at Google Maps told CNET.

For those worried about privacy, Russell ensures that all the areas covered in these services are from public places that are visible when you are in a street. For satellite photographs, the company relies on tertiary-political party providers.

Google is not the only visitor interested in street views. Cupertino giant Apple launched a similar feature called Expect Around along with iOS 13 back in WWDC 2019. Nevertheless, the characteristic is limited to the United states for now and it remains to be seen how the feature will compete against the likes of Google's vast Street View once it expands globally.