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In Europe, Google Street View began on 2 July 2008 with the route of Tour de France being covered in parts of France and Italy. The service has since expanded to many European countries, while at the same time has been controversial in some countries laws and privacy concerns. ==Development== Early on, soon following the original introduction of Street View in the United States, there was talk of bringing the feature to Europe as well, but there were concerns over the legality of the feature due to stricter laws in most European countries than those of the United States regarding photography. The first views anywhere outside the United States were introduced on July 2, 2008, when the Tour de France route was added. Nineteen camera icons, each indicating part of a French city or town and Cuneo, Italy, were included. On October 14, 2008, camera icons were introduced in six French cities, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris and Toulouse. At the same time, all other icons that had been introduced in France on July 2, as well as the one in Cuneo, Italy, were removed, representing the first time in Street View's history that a camera icon that once marked a place was removed. However, the amount of coverage that France had since July 2 was not diminished. On October 27, 2008, four Spanish metropolitan areas were added to the list of growing street view locations in Europe: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Valencia. On October 29, 2008, Italy received four camera icons for the localities of Florence, Milan, Rome and Lake Como. On March 18, 2009, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands were added. In the case of Great Britain, only major centres were uploaded and even coverage of those city centres was incomplete. For example, Edinburgh was missing Street View images of two of its key thoroughfares: Princes Street and the Royal Mile (although portions of both were visible from adjoining streets that had been imaged). In May 2009, Google Germany released a list of German cities that were to be scanned or rescanned in May and June 2009. On August 18, 2009, areas in Switzerland and Portugal were added.〔(German:) Tagesanzeiger.ch/Newsnetz.ch (August 18, 2009): (Google Street View in der Schweiz gestartet )〕 On October 7, 2009, parts of the Czech Republic were added. On November 9, 2009, more locations in the Netherlands and Spain were added. On December 2, 2009, more locations in France and Italy were added as well as various tourist sites in England. On January 20, 2010, Sweden and Denmark were added, as well as more locations in the United Kingdom, Italy (7 regions are fully covered), Portugal, the Czech Republic (mostly Prague), and the Netherlands. On February 9, 2010, Norway and Finland were added, with coverage of much of southern Norway and most of Finland. Imagery was updated for parts of the UK as well. On March 11, 2010, 95% of the United Kingdom's roads, both rural and urban, covering a total of approximately 238,000 miles, were added. More locations in the Netherlands were also added. On April 15, 2010, some major UK theme parks were added including Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures, and Legoland Windsor, as well as the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth. In May 2010, Google Street View Cars and Trikes were seen in Croatian cities and towns such as Pula, Split, Dubrovnik, and the capital, Zagreb. This brings a Street View September dream to both Croatia and Andorra available. In August 2010, Google Street View Cars were photographing Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney as well as Slovakia. Also, ten Street View cars were delivered to the Latvian capital Riga. On September 30, 2010, the Republic of Ireland was added. On December 8, 2010, parts of Romania were added. More locations in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway were also added. On February 1, 2011, Street Views were added of several art museums across Europe, including the Palace of Versailles, the State Hermitage Museum, the Uffizi Gallery and Tate Britain. In October 2011, the Bernina Railway between St. Moritz and Tirano was photographed and was added to Street View in early 2012.〔(Google Street View on the Rhaetian Railway ), October 19th, 2011 (german)〕 Bernina Railway is part of the Rhaetian Railway and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On November 23, 2011, Street View became available for almost all of Belgium. While Street View content had been recorded earlier, privacy issues kept Google from making it available to the public.〔(), Dutch〕 On February 22, 2012, Street View became available for 3 major cities in Russia: St. Petersburg, Moscow, and small parts of Kazan. Museum views were made available in Russia in 2011 for St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum and Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery. Street Views of Piotrkowska Street in Łódź, Poland were also released. On March 21, 2012, Street View became available in Poland for most major cities and landmarks. On April 19, 2012, 5 Ukrainian cities were added: Donets'k, Lviv, Kharkiv, Kiev, and Odessa. On May 14, 2012, Estonia and Latvia were added. Nearby Lithuania is currently being photographed. On September 26, 2012, Croatia and Andorra were added. On October 30, 2012, Slovakia was added. On January 31, 2013, Lithuania was added. On March 8, 2013, Bulgaria and most major cities of Russia were added. On April 23, 2013, Hungary was added. The Kaliningrad Oblast exclave of Russia was also added and almost all places in Poland and Romania, except for the major cities added earlier. On October 10, 2013, Iceland was added. On November 15, 2013, Venice was added, with photographs taken by backpackers and gondolas.〔(Google Street View sails into Venice ). ''3 News NZ''. 18 November 2013.〕 On January 29, 2014 Slovenia and even more areas of Russia were added.〔(V četrtek bo na voljo Street View za Slovenijo )(Slovenian)(The source says Thursday January 30, but it was available January 29 before 22:00 UTC)〕 On June 5, 2014, Greece added. On July 23, 2014, Serbia was added, with coverage of the three largest cities (Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Google Street View in Europe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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