Thursday, May 14, 2009

Google To Recapture Japanese Cities Street Views

Google Street View, a feature of Google Maps now covering most major cities has drawn privacy related complaints from some individuals and institutions. Complaints range from photographing of military related setups, peoples faces, car number plates, over-the-fences and compounds around homes. The complaints have been raised from within the U.S., Greece and Japan.

As a result of the complaints raised from Japan, Google product manager Keiichi Kawai issued a statement on Wednesday stating that they have to reshoot all Japanese street views with a lowered camera view. Google has also blurred vehicle license plates in the images.

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