Google Street View in Oceania

In Oceania, Google Street View is available in most parts of Australia and New Zealand.

On 4 August 2008, the long-anticipated image collection of Australia was introduced. At this time, 18 camera icons were added. Extensive mapping of New Zealand was included on 1 December 2008. On 9 December 2008, Darwin, Australia, and other locations were included. On 30 October 2009, Google Australia announced that they would be sending its fleet of cars back on the road from November 2009 to update Street View Australia with new images.

In June 2010, Google Street View ceased operations in Australia after its Street View cars were found to have been collecting Wi-Fi data from home Wi-Fi networks. ^[1] In May 2011, Google Australia stated that they had removed all the Wi-Fi sniffing equipment and that they planned to shoot Australian roads again, but did not provide a specific timetable. ^[2] Driving did not recommence in Australia until 2013. On 27 July 2011, major urban and regional centres of Australia were updated with the new HD imagery.

In February 2015 another update of Australia with HD imagery was released, as part of the first update in Northern Territory after the low-resolution imagery. It also affected parts of Western Australia and Queensland. However, some places still have only low-resolution imagery or don't even have Street View coverage at all. As of April 2024, the updates of Australia footage are ongoing, with most areas now having high-quality, recent imagery.

Timeline of introductions

Date	Major locations added
August 2008	Adelaide , Albany , Alice Springs, Brisbane , Broken Hill , Cairns , Canberra , Geraldton , Hobart , Karratha, Melbourne , Mount Isa, Perth , Rockhampton , Sydney , Tamworth , Wagga Wagga and more rural areas
December 2008	Major part of New Zealand More areas in Australia
July 2011 [3]	Update with HD images in various locations in Australia
June 2011	Bonin Islands
October 2011	Full introduction of Google Business Views, including new businesses in New Zealand
February 2012 [3]	Update with HD images in various locations in New Zealand
April 2012	Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, in Australia
September 2012	Underwater imagery in Australia and Hawaii (United States) [4]
November 2012	Luna Park Sydney, Taronga Zoo, in Australia
September 2013	Updated areas, including Christchurch and Auckland, and more locations in New Zealand
December 2013	Adamstown, Henderson Island in Pitcairn Islands
March 2014	Cockatoo Island
September 2014	Unincorporated territories of the United States including: Hagåtña and more locations in Guam Capitol Hill, Saipan, Garapan and more locations in the Northern Mariana Islands
February 2015	Update and more locations in Australia
March 2015	Queensland Museum, Australian War Memorial, National Museum of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Public Record Office Victoria in Australia [5]
May 2015	Pago Pago, Fagatogo, Tafuna, Ofu-Olosega, Manu'a and more locations in American Samoa
July 2015	Update and more locations in Australia, including HD update of Alice Springs.
November 2015	Milford Track, Kepler Track, Abel Tasman Coast Track, Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, Heaphy Track, Routeburn Track, Rakiura Track [6] in New Zealand
December 2015	Some beaches from Australia: Manly Beach, Bondi Beach, Bronte Beach, Hyams Beach, Byron Bay, Shelly Beach [ citation needed ]
April 2016	Sydney Opera House [7]
May 2016	Cape Willoughby Conservation Park & Flinders Chase National Park
June 2016	Mount Ainslie Lookout & National Arboretum Canberra
July 2016	Australia: Adelaide Botanic Garden & Adelaide Zoo Bruce Ridge Nature Reserve Georges River near the Sydney Coast
September 2016	Namadgi National Park

Areas included

American Samoa

Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.

Australia

Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.

Ecuador

• Galapagos Islands - Some paths and some beach walks.

Guam

Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.

Indonesia

• Mountain climbing at the Puncak Jaya mountain

For other parts of Indonesia, see Google Street View in Asia.

Japan

• Bonin Islands
  • Chichi-jima – Most roads
  • Haha-jima – Most roads

For other parts of Japan, see Google Street View in Asia.

New Zealand

Most towns, cities, villages, major and sealed rural roads, and seven of the nine Great Walks hiking tracks. ^[6]

Northern Mariana Islands

Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.

Pitcairn Islands

Landmark coverage in Adamstown and Henderson Island.

United States

• Hawaii - Most towns, cities, villages, major and sealed rural roads.

Vanuatu

• Southeast Volcano Trek in Ambrym ^{[8] [9]}

Countries without any coverage

Countries of Oceania which do not have coverage:

Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu

All these countries have photospheres, 360 degree panorama photos similar to the streetview photos, accessible in Google maps, but they are either unofficially made by other companies or by singular people that are not associated with Google.

Competing products

• New Zealand: EveryScape provides coverage for Christchurch. ^[10]

References

1. Chloe Herrick. "Google: Street View cars no longer in operation in Australia". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
2. "Google Australia lays out future Street View privacy measures – Street View, security, privacy, Google, data – Privacy – Security". Techworld. 5 May 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
3. "Official Google Australia Blog: Updates to Street View in Australia". Google-au.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
4. "Google Lat Long: Dive into the Great Barrier Reef with the first underwater imagery in Google Maps". Google-latlong.blogspot.com. 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
5. Pollard, Emma (2015-03-03). "Australian museum and galleries gets virtual tour treatment from Google Street View technology - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
6. Michael de Waal-Montgomery (2015-11-04). "Enter the world of 'The Lord of the Rings' with Google's latest Street View imagery from New Zealand". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
7. "Sydney Opera House sets sail on Street View". 27 April 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
8. "Visit Vanuatu on Street View, and journey under the earth's surface".
9. "You can now climb inside an active volcano with Google Street View". 16 March 2017.
10. "Christchurch, New Zealand". EveryScape. Retrieved 2013-10-18.