Google Street View Comes to Canada, Canadian iPhones
Google today flipped the switch on Google Street View for Canadians, making it available to Canadian iPhone users for the first time via the built-in Maps App. According to the CBC:
The service is now available in Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Vancouver, Squamish, B.C., Whistler, B.C., Ottawa, Kitchener, Ont., and Waterloo, Ont.
Due to concerns brought by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, faces and license plates have been blurred out, and a method to request privacy-based image removal has been created.
So, Canadian readers, can you find your favorite local landmark on your iPhone now?
October 7th, 2009 at 10:39 am
It works for Vancouver!
woot
October 7th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Been testing it, and it works around lots of the areas where I live… it’s not just the major cities listed.
I looked at my house, and I notice that the pictures were taken before June last summer because I still had my N.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:08 am
I looked at my house in Oakville and it shows the renovations I did this summer. Judging from the stage of completion, they took the pic at the end of July. I also saw the Google camera car on the highway north of St. Catherines at the beginning of September, but it looks like they don’t have Streetview for that area yet.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Nothing for the Peg
October 7th, 2009 at 11:41 am
i wonder if apple has purchased any streetview like technology.
they bought maps capability this summer, but without streetview they can’t seamlessly replace google on the iPhone.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/14835/applepurchasedmappingcompanyinjulytoreplacegoogle
October 7th, 2009 at 11:42 am
here’s the workable lin to the article about apple buying mapping company placebase: http://bit.ly/iWbM7
October 7th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Great, now when will they add Ontario’s most popular public transit system (TTC) to their maps!?!?!? I can’t believe they still don’t have ttc on the map. They have yrt and Hamilton but no ttc!?!?
October 7th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Blame Canada! Blame Canada! They’re not even a real country anyway!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Anyone noticed that “show traffic” option works now? For major streets at least.
It never worked for me b4, I’m in Vancouver btw
October 7th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Works here in Calgary, as well as the traffic option… Pretty cool.
October 7th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
@Joe McG Not a real country? Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Let me guess you’re American? Home of the ego
October 7th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Okay – stupid question… do I have to do something on my iPhone to enable this. I can’t seem to make it work in Calgary. Thanks.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:10 am
@Scotty No just drop a pin anywhere and then click on the orange little man Symbol on the left of the address and you should then be in street mode.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Works good via browser.. Lots of errors though blurring peoples ffaces and plates..
October 8th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Overall pretty cool! People keep coming up with ways for me to download more every month than my plan allows… Time to boost it up… again!
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 am
I’ve foolishly failed to observe the game rules. ,
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:31 am
On a technical level, I agree completely. ,