Google Street View comes to the Cotswolds (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)

Google Street View comes to the Cotswolds

10:18am Thursday 11th March 2010

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A comprehensive 360-degree map of the Cotswolds goes online today.

Google Street View was rolled out across the country in the early hours, allowing users to view street-level imagery.

The system allows people to explore a total of 238,000 miles of public road, including the rural Cotswold roads.

Web surfers can check out their house, local pub and see if they can spot their friends strolling through the town centre at the click of a mouse.

After initial concerns that the system would record private details, the internet giant said it had gone to great lengths to safeguard privacy, including blurring licence plates and faces.

Check it out at www.maps.google.co.uk.

Have you spotted anything unusual in Cotswolds Street View? What do you think of the district being captured on Google’s camera?

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