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Back in early 2010 Google announced that it had been the victim of a cyber attack originated from China that resulted in compromised Gmail accounts and stolen intellectual property. Google had threatened to leave the Chinese market, but later that year China renewed it's Google License and Street View Rolls Again.
Because of this interruption there is very little Street View imagery for China except for Beijing, Hong Kong, and possibly few other major cities. Currently, Street view maps in China are leased from a provider named Mapabc, which is located in Beijing.
See related links below to jump to an example Street View image in Beijing, China.
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How do you get to street view on Bing maps?
by google map or google earth
Can Google Maps read a newspaper?
The highest-resolution satellite imagery available in Google Maps cannot yet read print in a newspaper but Google's Street View could possibly read the headlines.License plates, for example, can be seen in Google's Street View imagery so there is a detection process in place to identify and blur license plates to prevent identification of vehicles and individuals.Newspaper print the size of license plate lettering or larger in all practical sense could be legible in Street View from Google Maps or Google Earth.See here to see an example where you can read magazine cover titles at a newsstand in Google Earth Street View.
Is historical imagery coming to street view in Google Earth?
Not yet for Google Earth. Google recently created historical imagery for Street View on Google Maps. If historical imagery is available then a clock and date will be displayed in the upper left of the map.
Does Minot North Dakota have Street View map?
To check if a location has Street View imagery, just jump to that location in either Google Maps or Google Earth then drag the orange "pegman" over the map. If blue lines appear on the map showing where Street View is available. And you'll see that Minot, North Dakota does indeed for Street View available.
Have Google tried to make street maps safe?
If by that, you mean filter the offensive images in street view, then no, they haven't. They want us to see the world just as it is.
