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Last week in Google Street View (Week 42, 2022)

Discover what happened in Google Street View last week (17 - 23 October 2022)

Main Events

  • October 2022 coverage is now available in Bulgaria, Czechia, India, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Taiwan and Turkey
  • After Estonia, Latvia started to get its first 2022 coverage.
  • A car was spotted in Chattogram, in the southeast of Bangladesh. Decode Ltd, the local company in charge of imagery collection, resumed its work after the rainy season.
  • A short list update happened this week with Qatar’s beginning of Street View capture being moved from September to October. If Google wants to release the coverage before the beginning of the football world cup, it must do it within the next 3 weeks.

Continuous Updates

Last week updates were found in 33 countries.

Latvia started getting 2022 coverage both from September and October. With Estonia also being updated since last month, this only lets Lithuania without continuous updates in the Baltics. Currently it is mostly updates but a few streets were also added in towns around Riga.

Turkey got many interesting additions, notably in areas very close to Syria. Some of the new coverage can be right next to the border. Some new roads were also added in the west between Balıkesir and Eskişehir.

New roads in southern Turkey next to Syria

In Brazil the main focus seems to be in the state of Mato Grosso, with new roads being regularly added:

New roads in Mato Grosso

In Austria the gap in the middle of the country is finally getting filled with Street View. This was one of the very few remaining areas without any coverage at all.

New roads in Austria

In Australia, some roads were added in Queensland:

After a long wait the upper part of the US state of Michigan finally got some update. Some areas were not updated at all, sometimes with 14 years old coverage. And as usual more updates happened in many other countries:

CountrySubdivision
Flag of Australia
Australia
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Flag of Austria
Austria
Carinthia, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Upper Austria, Vorarlberg
Flag of Brazil
Brazil
Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Sergipe
Flag of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Sofia
Flag of Canada
Canada
Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario
Flag of Colombia
Colombia
Antioquia, Atlantico, North Santander
Flag of Czechia
Czechia
Central Bohemian, Hradec Králové, Moravian-Silesian, Pardubice, Plzeň, South Bohemian, South Moravian, Vysočina
Flag of Denmark
Denmark
Zealand
Flag of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary
Hungary
Bács-Kiskun, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád, Tolna
Flag of India
India
Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Odisha
Flag of Ireland
Ireland
Dublin, Kildare, Meath
Flag of Italy
Italy
Abruzzo, Apulia, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Marche, Piedmont, Sicily, Tuscany, Umbria, Veneto
Flag of Japan
Japan
Aichi, Akita, Hokkaido, Kanagawa, Mie, Niigata, Okinawa, Tokyo, Yamagata
Flag of Latvia
Latvia
Jūrmala, Mārupe, Riga, Ropaži, Salaspils
Flag of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Capellen, Diekirch, Luxembourg
Flag of Mexico
Mexico
Campeche, Morelos, San Luis Potosi, Yucatan
Flag of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Gelderland, Limburg, North Brabant, Overijssel, South Holland
Flag of New Zealand
New Zealand
Nelson, Northland, Tasman
Flag of Norway
Norway
Trøndelag
Flag of the Philippines
Philippines
Caraga, Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula
Flag of Portugal
Portugal
Leiria, Lisbon
Flag of Romania
Romania
Bucharest, Buzău, Călărași, Cluj, Constanța, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Ilfov, Prahova, Sibiu, Vâlcea
Flag of Slovakia
Slovakia
Nitra, Trnava
Flag of Slovenia
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Flag of South Africa
South Africa
Free State, Limpopo
Flag of Spain
Spain
Andalusia, Aragon, Cantabria, Castile and León
Flag of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
North Central, Northern, Uva
Flag of Sweden
Sweden
Jonkoping, Skåne, Västra Götaland
Flag of Taiwan
Taiwan
Changhua, Hualien, Nantou, Taitung
Flag of Turkey
Turkey
Mardin, Şanlıurfa
Flag of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
England, Northern Ireland, Wales
Flag of the United States
United States
Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin

Note: information is gathered from the community, assisted with tools, as Google do not provide any information: it may be incomplete but should be reliable.

Google Car Spotting

Last week Google Street View cameras were reported 74 times by people from 20 different countries.

Cars are back on the roads in Bangladesh. After being spotted in Dhaka, they are now driving in the Chattogram (Chittagong) division. This will be an interesting area to explore on Street View with its mountainous landscape.

A car was also spotted in Mikonos, on one of the Greek islands. Most of those islands never got any update since their initial coverage was made. Unfortunately updates are still blocked in Greece and it is unknown when Google will start publishing them again.

CountrySubdivisions
Flag of Argentina
Argentina
San Juan, Santa Fe
Flag of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Chattogram (Chittagong)
Flag of Brazil
Brazil
Pará, Paraíba, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and more*
Flag of Colombia
Colombia
Bolívar
Flag of Finland
Finland
Southwest Finland, Uusimaa
Flag of Greece
Greece
Decentralized Administration of the Aegean
Flag of Indonesia
Indonesia
East Java, Jambi and more*
Flag of Italy
Italy
Sardinia
Flag of Japan
Japan
Fukuoka, Hokkaido, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo, Yamagata and more*
Flag of Mexico
Mexico
Michoacán, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Yucatán and more*
Flag of the Philippines
Philippines
Bicol, Metro Manila
Flag of Poland
Poland
Greater Poland and more*
Flag of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal*
Flag of Romania
Romania
Bucharest, Caraș-Severin and more*
Flag of Slovenia
Slovenia
Laško
Flag of South Africa
South Africa
Western Cape
Flag of Spain
Spain
Canary Islands, Valencian Community and more*
Flag of Thailand
Thailand
Bangkok, Ubon Ratchathani and more*
Flag of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
England
Flag of the United States
United States
Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and more*
* the subdivision couldn’t be identified

Note: information is gathered from social networks and news. Information may be not verified and may include reports older than a week (but never older than one month)