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Saint Pierre et Miquelon

When did this imagery get added. As an update been missed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.194.32.58 (talk) 11:37, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Jeju

change ((Jeju)) to ((Jeju Island|Jeju))

Done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:18, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Goseong

Under #220 at Coverage of Google Street View#2017, please disambiguate Goseong to Goseong County, Gangwon. (The map in the source cited shows that Goseong County, South Gyeongsang isn't covered.) Thanks, 59.149.124.29 (talk) 03:24, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Done jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 04:38, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

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Coverage level

Hi all, I fear this may be opening a can of worms, but how are the coverage levels ("mostly full coverage" etc) in the article defined and is there a source for these levels? I don't see a cite for these, and looking at the archive this seems something discussed rather than cited. Without a source, these categories seem to be original research to me. Dbsseven (talk) 17:15, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

2018

So, does anyone know if there is anything new for 2018 yet? 86.125.62.44 (talk) 09:42, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 April 2018

Laos is the first Communist Nation Available MoisesTheLibrarian844 (talk) 23:57, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

 Not done @MoisesTheLibrarian844: That is arguably true, but I can't see why that fact is germane to this article. BillHPike (talk, contribs) 00:10, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Releases 232, 233, 234 and 235

  • Release 231 took place on March 6 and added 11 disney parks
  • Release 232 took place on April 9 and added off-road views in Gold Coast, Australia
  • Release 233 took place on April 18 and added Christmas and Cocos islands
  • Release 234 took place yesterday (April 19) and added 7 more canadian parks
  • Release 235 took place today (April 20) and added Jordan and updated street images

CreatorWiki (talk) 18:38, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

For the time being April was the month with the most versions in the year 2018, although in the first three months only had a monthly version, probably in the future version Release 235 Google expands coverage or updates street images. According to social networks, the new generation cameras have been spotted in the US, UK, Japan and Singapore. These cameras may be in other countries too but we do not know which countries. CreatorWiki (talk) 18:51, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
Update: Christmas and Cocos Islands are now accessible directly from Google Maps. CreatorWiki (talk) 17:34, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Removed coverage

Noticed that Ceuta, Melilla (Spanish enclaves in northern Africa) were removed after Jordan was added on SV. Also everything that was added in West Bank, Palestine, on Release 228 (Saturday, December 16, 2017) is now removed. May edit the page according to this sad news. I see it's already done for the Spanish enclaves in the addition list.

Similar thing that happened long time ago is the full removal of Longyearbyen coverage in Svalbard. Was added on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 (Release 67).

Google keeps randomly removing coverage, mostly tiny bits without any logical reason (even privacy isn't justifying this as it can be a small part of a mountain road in the middle of nowhere) and I can't find why this is happening. Last impacted place was Nuuk, Greenland, losing many bits of its streets. That's annoying as it breaks the link between the different blue lines. If someone finds something about this... that would be nice to share!

KillerMapper (talk) 22:18, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

EDIT: US Virgin Islands also lost their coverage from Release 228. It's like Google decided to remove everything added on a certain period of time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:CB04:623:7C00:68F2:6EB5:C8B:7E4F (talk) 16:53, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

UPDATE: Everything seems to be back now. Palestine, Ceuta, Melilla and US Virgins are now accessible like before. KillerMapper (talk) 17:36, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

I see the page doesn’t mention the boys of North Cyprus added in April. Anything else missing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.232.3 (talk) 16:18, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

@82.132.232.3 This coverage is not made by Google so it's not official. If I understand correctly, only official additions made by Google are listed here. Otherwise we would also add the coverage made in western Austria, Oman, Tonga etc. KillerMapper (talk) 17:33, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Date of most recent imagery

I replaced the "Date of newest additions" column with "Date of most recent imagery", I still cleaned all column data for editors to see the dates of the latest images and re-fill the column with dates. CreatorWiki (talk) 23:10, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Street View Graz, Austria

I been on Google Street View maps in the "understand" section where I've discovered more roads in Graz have more street view. I have also been on instantstreetview.com I can actually use my finger and touch any road that's highlighted in blue to bring some roads in street view. Previously there were just a few roads that were predestrianised, but there a few more roads that are actually are roads. Unfortunenatelly I don't have a reliable source as I still don't know my ins and outs around Wikipedia yet. But still good to know that Graz has finally has a few roads now online. Sorry if my spelling isn't very good. 

DoctorStrange97 (talk) 17:52, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

This coverage is not made by Google but by an external party. This is similar to the unofficial coverage in western Austria and many other places around the World. You can tell it's not made by Google by looking at the name on the top left corner of your screen. Also the picture quality is lower than Google's data and you can notice you'll travel slower on unofficial coverage (photospheres are usually slower to load). KillerMapper (talk) 17:49, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Northern Territory National Parks

Street View added yesterday the national parks of the Northern Territory in Australia. 177.143.135.169 (talk) 15:01, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Disputed statement

In the 'Coverage by country or territory' table, the statement:

First West Asian country available, along with Israel.

has an accuracy warning. The {{Disputed inline}} tag near this statement has been remaining intact since late-2016, as the dispute was not yet resolved. I have a question, though. Was this tag added by a vandal? I feel like the addition was made as a mistake. And here's a big difference. The statement,

First West Asian country available, along with Palestine.

has no accuracy warning at all. So, I'm seeing that the first statement appears to be already resolved, not because there is something wrong with it. Could it have recently been dealt with? 2600:1700:A2A0:FB50:9112:9678:8358:6295 (talk) 23:07, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 October 2018

- Portugaltg (talk) 16:39, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Portugal is included in update images on October 5 2018.

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Are you saying that Portugal is included and shouldn't be or that Portugal should be included and isn't? Please clarify by mentioning the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and by providing a reliable source if appropriate.  Spintendo  18:55, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Why is the view in Curaçao, Vietnam, Bahrain, Tonga, Armenia and Myanmar seen as vandalism?

I really don't understand. There is street view coverage of the public streets in Myanmar, Curaçao, Vietnam, Tonga, Bahrain and Myanmar but nobody adds them and if I add them people mark them as vandalism. I am not stupid, I already added the link towards the street view coverage and still the edits don't get accepted. Sadiemydog1 (talk) 09:28, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

There is not vandalism. We are adding on the list only street view panoramas made by Google team with Google Cameras. What anything else you don't understand? -EugεnS¡m¡on 09:39, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 December 2018

New updating places: Poland - Żary, Zielona Góra, pictures from 2017 and 2018. 77.252.60.7 (talk) 19:52, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

 Not done. It's not clear what change(s) you want to make. Please make a precise request and cite reliable sources if appropriate. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 15:58, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Gambia, Malawi and Rwanda

Gambia, Malawi and Rwanda now with business views, please update current coverage table. 177.143.135.28 (talk) 15:36, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Recent changes to Streetview

Google added a new place in Paris (France), which is the Forum des Halles. It was added between January and February as I checked this place in January for myself and tried to look at the interior using the few photospheres, since the official coverage wasn't here yet. Not sure this is big enough to be added on the list though, but maybe more places were added along this one.

Another changed that happened today or yesterday: photospheres are more likely to be displayed as blue lines now. This means many of business coverages that consisted of photospheres close together are now blue lines, and the Streetview layer all over the World looks way more complete now (but it's not). Look at Germany, you would think Google added new coverage but it's not true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.63.245.105 (talk) 15:22, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Edit: those changes were reverted a day later. Bug? Mistake? Test? We'll probably never know. KillerMapper (talk) 00:06, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

New Streetview update

Google just added new coverage in Russia, mostly around Caucasus region but many new roads were added in the country as well (look for 2018 pictures). KillerMapper (talk) 17:38, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Malaysia also received new update, with new coverage around Lahad Datu, Sabah.

Japan, United States, Canada, Colombia, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines were also updated. 177.143.135.149 (talk) 21:54, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
And also, please update current coverage table. 177.143.135.239 (talk) 15:34, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
UPDATE: Some roads in Australia, Brazil and Mexico are also updated. 177.183.2.123 (talk) 16:48, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Definition of what "coverage" means.

There seems to be an ongoing difference of opinion as to what counts as Google Street View Coverage.

The corporate approach limits the definition of coverage to whatever Google vehicles upload.

The user approach defines coverage as anything accessible through Google Street View no matter who did the filming (clearly Google has provided an interface for third parties to upload their own coverage).

Who is the audience for this page? I believe that the audience is the users of Google Street View. If I, as a user, using Google Street View, can look at Baku or Yerevan or Shenzhen, I don't care where the images come from. I just care that I can view streets and "drive around".

I think removing entries for third party provided imagery is a mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjnester (talk • contribs) 18:52, 18 March 2019 (UTC)


This page is supposed to list all updates from Google, not third-party users. Also third-party coverage is usually lower quality, slow to load and extremely slow to navigate. Plus, whoever making them can simply alter or remove them like they want. They should not appear in the timeline of introductions but could eventually be mentioned in the current coverage as unofficial coverage (after all, business views are also third-party and almost all countries have at least one now).

Countries that would be worth mentioning: Armenia, Myanmar, China (Shenzhen), Zimbabwe, Tonga, Dominican Republic, Azerbaïdjan (Baku), French Polynesia, Bermuda (official coverage is smaller and overwritten now). Namibia is also being covered by the same people who did Zimbabwe. KillerMapper (talk) 16:01, 19 March 2019 (UTC) 

Main roads in Estonia, Latvia and Taiwan were also updated. Last photos are taken (Taiwan Dec 2019, Estonia and Latvia Aug 2018 ).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koskinen5490 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

I would also like to know. The map lists Finland as 'mostly full coverage'. But in reality it only covers about 15% of the roads, if even that. So what exactly does 'coverage' mean in this context? Andemon (talk) 15:01, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

UK Streetview update

There are new Streetview images from March 2019. 82.22.254.70 (talk) 17:37, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 June 2019

Some roads in Adelaide, Australia have imagery from April 2019 (https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.9218362,138.5917326,3a,75y,246.16h,74.32t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sC3ecLIkFrNpPu5ADaofkFQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DC3ecLIkFrNpPu5ADaofkFQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D322.78363%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656).

Some roads outside of Rosario, Argentina have imagery from January 2019 (https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.1114501,-60.5988355,3a,75y,272.57h,77.21t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sEebfL80sCSquj4yBXDVSsw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DEebfL80sCSquj4yBXDVSsw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D128.91913%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656). 98.169.51.6 (talk) 15:59, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

 Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 16:21, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 June 2019

Some areas in Cordoba, Argentina have imagery from March 2019. https://www.google.com/maps/@-31.4207123,-64.186979,3a,75y,90.25h,79.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEa1G_An6NTN5bmV-Kvz6sw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 98.169.51.6 (talk) 21:55, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

 Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 22:19, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 July 2019

Some roads in Milan (https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4625443,9.197712,3a,75y,0.98h,94.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUxdmcxbyuzq8CI9ovEEtYg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) have imagery from May 2019. 98.169.55.151 (talk) 22:51, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

 Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:27, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 August 2019

I found imagery from June 2019 in Hamilton, Ontario. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.256376,-79.8741101,3a,75y,100.69h,74.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFKAI-KW8ZS1qg6zaYe58Ew!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DFKAI-KW8ZS1qg6zaYe58Ew%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D313.82272%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 98.169.55.151 (talk) 21:36, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done A2soup (talk) 00:26, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 August 2019

I found some imagery in northern Belgium (next to the Dutch border) from April 2019. (https://www.google.com/maps/@51.454199,4.7221071,3a,75y,347.73h,76.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXLLSH-q9p-hDJUUh_ub0mw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DXLLSH-q9p-hDJUUh_ub0mw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D64.79662%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)

There's also imagery in Calais, France from May 2019. (https://www.google.com/maps/@50.954378,1.8506544,3a,75y,29.41h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shPFffBrtZKfS7jP54VdxJw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) 

98.169.55.151 (talk) 19:12, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 Done A2soup (talk) 00:26, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 August 2019

There's imagery in Auckland from May 2019. https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.07778,174.9307658,3a,75y,42.43h,84.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2nIGL0Ya0Ag4ilqiQjxgsA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D2nIGL0Ya0Ag4ilqiQjxgsA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D98.718605%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 2620:0:1A10:77F1:6961:80B1:FE0C:8754 (talk) 15:43, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done A2soup (talk) 00:26, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Oldest USA imagery on January 2007?

(Fixed first USA imagery date): Where is the source? The oldest in street view is in June 2007. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hadeef (talk • contribs) 10:20, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Change Malaysia latest coverage to 2019-02

175.142.192.107 (talk) 09:23, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Izno (talk) 13:14, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

It's April 2019 now. (https://www.google.com.my/maps/@5.3257561,103.1236844,3a,75y,155.8h,89.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sLopVfYlwRwGMHWEX88m8WA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DLopVfYlwRwGMHWEX88m8WA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D78.5029%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)

 Done Hadeef (talk) 18:12, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 August 2019

Re: Lebanon: The country itself has quite decent coverage, similar to Tunisia. Beirut's coverage is bad, but saying "limited streetview in Beirut" is misleading as it would make readers think that's the only thing covered in the country. The coloration on the map (green - tourist landmarks only) is also wrong. Lebanon should be light blue. Wikitestaccountlogin (talk) 14:14, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

 Partly done: changed the table per request, will work on the map. A2soup (talk) 16:07, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Please note: Lebanon coverage is not official. Official coverage is limited to landmarks spread in the country and minor coverage of two streets of Beirut. Please remember we only list official coverage made by Google here. KillerMapper (talk) 14:01, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

New imagery update is not happening

Google Street View is about to update imagery worldwide as of December 10th, 2019, the update may include more Austrian cities and new 2018's generation images in countries known as Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Malaysia and a few others. 177.143.133.92 (talk) 15:05, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

I checked today but didn't see any updates at all. That update didn't happen. Google Street Vieu (talk) 21:14, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

The dates are not always exact, possibly the last update of the year is between December 10th-14th, for example today is December 11th. 177.143.133.142 (talk) 13:41, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

In 2016 and 2017 the imagery were updated on December 14th, last year in 2018 the update took place on December 10th. 177.143.133.142 (talk) 13:45, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Based on the imagery dates on the Google website, it looks like imagery will be updated to December 2019 in:

The update didn't happen. It's December 15th today. Hadeef (talk) 15:47, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

It's December 18 and still no update. The website states that photos are currently being taken for several countries up to December 2019. The dates mean that we shouldn't get an update until a couple months from now. Google Street Vieu (talk) 20:42, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Okay. We need to wait again. Hadeef (talk) 10:17, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

I thought Google doesn't say when they will update imagery next. Although I do agree that it's been a very long while since there has been such an update. Evking22 (talk) 15:58, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Google indeed never says when an update will be applied. Sometimes some external sources can tell information, for example the latest addition in Tasmania (which is still missing in the page while I write this) has an article from Australia mentioning the release date of Dec 20, 2019: https://www.miragenews.com/virtual-trekking-in-tasmanian-national-parks/

It's not because December had major updates in the previous years that it will necessary happen this time. This year was the worst year since 2007 in terms of new coverage (Nigerian extension being the major addition, not even a new country was added this year if we exclude the very small coverage in Minsk, Belarus) so I personally wasn't expecting anything happening for the end of the year as it was a very disappointing year from Google.

Actually an update seems to have happened but it was mostly small coverage usually done with the Trekker or a basic tripod camera. We found a new boat view in Hokkaido, Japan (the blue line is still missing), some monument views around Malindi, Kenya with very recent pictures (October 2019, I don't think I've seen regular coverage that new) and the Tasmanian national parks. KillerMapper (talk) 12:00, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

The website just updated the dates that they're updating imagery to 2020 instead of 2019. This must mean that updates for 2019 imagery should be coming very soon. Google Street Vieu (talk) 01:41, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

It was updated 2 days ago. Hadeef (talk) 11:07, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Reporting bugs and issues

https://www.google.com/streetview/explore/ Looks like Google canceled everything due to the pandemic situation. The list is empty, for the first time ever as far as I know. Also that list of possible countries is just completely unrealistic, Google would never go in countries like Cambodia again... No money to make there for Google. KillerMapper (talk) 09:32, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Today I reported a bug that the lines were redesigning to early 2020, I don't know if it was my impression, as the recent images are still from 2019. 2804:14D:6882:74:F403:5E74:7316:9A7D (talk) 19:10, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

French Wikipedia's coverage

The overall coverage of updates seems to be better on the French Wikipedia, I'm considering at least copying over the most recent updates. Would like to gauge opinions on doing this first though. --YellowSkarmory (talk) 01:31, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

French? I thought Spanish. French looks to be unaccurate.CuteCat123 (talk) 17:42, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

No. Spanish page is totally inaccurate as whoever maintains it (always the same user, just changing names) just randomly copy pastes the same walls of text filled with false information, sometimes faking activities by just switching walls of text from previous dates to newer dates (or vice-versa), and consider unofficial coverage to be part of Google's coverage. This page is definitely to not be trusted at all. I personally maintain the French page where I check everything before writing, helped with other people from the GeoGuessr community. Also my own updates are always copy pasted word by word (and translated in the process) by the Spanish page, I bet without even checking if what I write is true so if you think the French one is inaccurate and the Spanish one accurate, clearly you don't know what you're talking about. KillerMapper (talk) 22:38, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

But French page has inaccurate recent imagery date, for example in the US it was supposed to be March 2020 but the recent imagery date was stated to be January 2016. CuteCat123 (talk) 12:11, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes the bottom sheet is not updated yet, this page was completely abandoned for years before I started updating it again and I didn't finish my pass on this part. KillerMapper (talk) 17:47, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Current coverage section: keep or remove countries without official coverage?

Currently the section lists almost all the countries, many of them only being listed for having "business views". The "business view" thing is a relic of the time when Google started doing views of businesses before letting other people uploading photospheres.
Since this article is about listing official coverage exclusively created by Google, I suggest this list to be cleaned so we only keep everything with official coverage (ranging from small interior view like Iraq to fully covered countries).
As an example I updated the list in the French article so you can have a preview of the result (note: some dates may not be updated in the list as I didn't finish to check everything; the article was abandoned for a few years before I started to update it again).
Feel free to give your thoughts about this here. KillerMapper (talk) 10:25, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Support - it's not very useful to have countries without official coverage on the list, with the possible exception of countries with basically full unofficial coverage, but even then I wouldn't include them personally, as it's still not official coverage. Skarmory (talk) 15:58, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Support per above. EugεnS¡m¡on 17:41, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
If nobody is against the idea I guess we can start cleaning it next week.KillerMapper (talk) 16:51, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Support This page is specifically entitled Google Street View. In the list of countries, those countries without official Google coverage should be unbolded, although it would be helpful if the info box is used to state if there is significant unofficial coverage available. Dadge (talk) 21:18, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Another thought: boldface could be used to denote official coverage, and the asterisk could be used to denote unofficial coverage (but not individual images, aka photospheres). Some countries, eg. Finland would be in bold and asterisked. Dadge (talk) 21:46, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

2020/12/08: cleaned the list, only keeping countries with official data published by Google. Feel free to add sources or complete if something is missing. KillerMapper (talk) 21:58, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Accidentally declined a pending revision regarding this discussion, and was confused about which talk page consensus it would be referencing. I've since re-allowed the edit, so, uh, sorry for any confusion. My fault. WhoAteMyButter (📬│✏️) 18:11, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Inadequate lists

How are people supposed to know what locations were included in recent Street View updates and when the imagery was first and last captured? The page appears to have been heavily edited removing release numbers and dates. 2600:1700:A2A0:FB50:4D6D:CF08:29E1:5AC6 (talk) 20:53, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Unfortunately Wikipedia policies take precedence over your "need" to know things like that. There's still plenty more policy violating information yet to be removed. FDW777 (talk) 21:10, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

As of mid-2020, Google's website shows many areas of Germany being added to Google Maps over the ensuing months. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfredokudai1 (talk • contribs) 22:48, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Dresden, Leipzig, Kaiserslautern, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Essen, Wuppertal, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Duisburg, Hanover, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin, Munich, Oberstaufen, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Freiburg im Breisgau and Mannheim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfredokudai1 (talk • contribs) 23:44, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposal to remove unreferenced material

Since certain editors think they can just add whatever they want and not provide references, it seems the only option available is to remove all the unreferenced material. At the same time I also plan to remove the number column from Coverage of Google Street View#Timeline of introductions unless there is evidence it is somehow official? I realise this might be controversial, but it appears to be the only way this article can be made policy compliant is to remove all the existing unreferenced material then keep a tight rein on any future unreferenced additions. Any objections? FDW777 (talk) 14:34, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

I agree the page needs a complete overhaul especially on the sourcing:
- About the numbers I do think they don't make sense too because updates can still be missing and Google never numbered them. Instead we can keep them but per year so we can see how many updates each year had. That's what I did on the French page because I know it's missing many updates;
- About the lack of sources, it can be hard finding them back for older updates (some websites where people reported updates don't exist anymore) and I don't think removing old stuff is good. However we can definitely add sources for all the "current coverage" section: just find coverage on Google Maps and get a link from it (note: shortened links can be created to avoid overloading the page with very long links). For all future additions everything should be sourced (again Google Maps links are the best source) and people like Alfredokudai1 or Daniel Halpert that keeps adding random unsourced data should be warned about this so they stop contributing without sources.
That's what I think. KillerMapper (talk) 17:12, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Regarding the older stuff, and picking a particular entry at random, I see Carambola Beach, Buccaneer Golf Course, Isaac Point, St George Village Botanical Gardens, Rainbow Beach, Hams Bluff in the United States Virgin Islands has been added with a claimed date of Thursday, September 1, 2016. That's the reference, other than at the bottom where it says Image capture: Jun 2016 I can't see anything about when it was originally added to Google Street View. Plus that's an image of the beach, does that really reference Carambola Beach, Buccaneer Golf Course, Isaac Point, St George Village Botanical Gardens, Rainbow Beach, Hams Bluff in the United States Virgin Islands
The reason I'd really, really, really, prefer to remove the numbers is that if I remove a bunch of entries as unreferenced, I'd need to renumber all the ones I left in. And then if someone wanted to add back an entry for 2016, they'd have to renumber all the other entries again. It's a crazy system that makes maintaining the page impossible, you shouldn't need to renumber dozens of entries just to add or remove one. I wouldn't object to leaving them in with each year starting at #1, but as the entries are already listed in chronological order it's kind of redundant. But it's not a hill I'm prepared to die on, so I can cope either way.
Any removal wouldn't have to be permanent, information can always be added back if references are available, and if there is consensus for removal a link to the edit doing it would be placed here so people can see what's removed and what they might want to try and add back. FDW777 (talk) 17:22, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
What we can do first is to gather as much references as possible instead of removing all unsourced edits. After a few weeks or months (so people can have time to search) we can start clean everything that can't be proven. KillerMapper (talk) 20:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
If it's left a few months certain editors will just continue adding even more unreferenced material, making the problem worse. I'll give it until the end of the year. FDW777 (talk) 22:32, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
People like Alfredokudai1 and Daniel Halpert should be blocked immediately. CuteCat123 (talk) 13:32, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
I fully agree. However, as @MSGJ: said in a section above The problem is that 90% of this article is unsourced, so it wouldn't seem fair to punish one party. If the article was properly properly sourced then it would be easy to enforce. Since the two main problematic editors show no sign of being willing to comply with policy, I will implement my proposal sooner rather than later and remove all unreferenced, or improperly referenced content. This removal would be without prejudice to any of it being restored with adequate referencing. FDW777 (talk)
Sounds like a good plan. I wouldn't even wait till the end of the year - it is easy for people to look at old revisions if there is content that they want to add back in with references. Once overhauled, I will not hesitate to block disruptive editors. We can also change the protection if appropriate. Is PC1 working, or would ECP be more useful? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:49, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
I removed all the unreferenced/original research from 2020, and will do the other years in due course. Since the problem is largely limited to new additions (2020, in theory at least), it's probably easier to see who is being disruptive now. FDW777 (talk) 15:17, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
@MSGJ: Exhibit 1, exhibit 2 and exhibit 3. Pure disruption. FDW777 (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
Blocked — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:53, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you. Hopefully the article will be fully cleaned of unreferenced material by the time the block expires. FDW777 (talk) 17:04, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

@CuteCat123: why are you restoring vast amounts of policy violating content to this article? Specifically the table at Coverage of Google Street View#Current coverage? When not completely unreferenced, the information in it is pure original research, being referenced only to Google Street View itself. Taking just the first entry (but the same argument applies to every location that is referenced solely to Google Street View), Åland Islands claims that the most recent imagery is from 2011-09 and the oldest imagery is from 2009-05. This is referenced by this and this. Who says those are the most recent and oldest? Nobody, except an editor drawing their own conclusion. This is not permitted, see WP:NOR. FDW777 (talk) 08:39, 11 December 2020 (UTC) I note that CuteCat123 was previously complaining about other editors posting unsourced content. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:47, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

MSGJ and FDW777 The ones that violating it are Daniel Halpert and Alfredokudai1, not me. CuteCat123 (talk) 09:53, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

The section you have restored is full of unreferenced material and original research. There is no "I say it's right and should stay" exception to policy. The prior difficulty in getting any admin action to be taken was due to the fact there were multiple editors repeatedly changing unreferenced content back and forth so it was impossible to see who was right and who was wrong. The only way to prevent continued problems is to remove problematic content. As stated the content can be restored if properly referenced, but it cannot be restored without proper referencing. FDW777 (talk) 10:59, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
At this point just remove the whole article then. Removing large chunks of it is nonsense, it removes its utility. If you don't want to keep the dates for the mentioned reason above then keep at least the current coverage section to list the countries with official GSV coverage. Removing everything is counter-productive. KillerMapper (talk) 13:43, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
The community has repeatedly said we should have an article on this subject, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of Google Street View, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coverage of Google Street View and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coverage of Google Street View (2nd nomination), the latter only two months ago. Naturally none of the people involved in those discussions seem prepared to actually fix the problems with this article, as is usually the case.
The removal of the "Current coverage" or any other information is not necessarily a permanent change. The information can always be added back in some way with proper references. The fact remains that Coverage of Google Street View#Current coverage contains information that is either unreferenced, or original research where people are drawing conclusions about dates from Google Street View itself. The only way to solve the current problems with the article, and to avoid future problems of the same nature, is for this article to be scaled back to what is covered by secondary sources. FDW777 (talk) 14:18, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
I agree with KillerMapper that removal of the entire Current Coverage part is too much, and one might as well remove the entire article at that point as a significant portion of the article outside of that is unsourced and because removal of Current Coverage would ruin any utility of the article. If Current Coverage should be removed until properly sourced, then at most the column with the most recent imagery should be removed. Not the entire thing. That being said, I also suggest that the "Image capture" date in Street View be considered an official message from Google as to the most recent streetview at that specific location, thus allowing it to be used as a source for that section of the article rather than being considered original research. Deepseamountain (talk) 17:56, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
You can agree or disagree as much as you like, it won't keep unreferenced material in the articlea. This is a straightforward WP:BURDEN issue, the burden of evidence to provide proper references is on anyone wishing to restore or add information. The "image capture" date proves nothing at all, except the date the location on screen was captured. It does not reference a most recent date for an entire country, city or even suburb. FDW777 (talk) 18:21, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
Note: I meant to keep the section but without the dates. Just have a list of covered countries. Easy to source, just link to an official Street View panorama, nothing more is needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KillerMapper (talk • contribs) 18:26, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
I've no objection to any content of that kind being added, providing it's properly referenced. For some reason people would rather spend time arguing in favour of keeping unreferenced material than doing that. FDW777 (talk) 18:42, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

@MSGJ: as 190.163.166.185 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) (who is almost certainly Alfredokudai1) does nothing except fill up the page history and watchlists with unreferenced edits they self-revert (or on occasion, reverts of other edits they also self-revert) perhaps a partial block from the page might be in order please? FDW777 (talk) 17:00, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

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