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Learn how to navigate and use Street View. Explore the world without leaving your couch and create and add your own images into Google Maps.
- How It Works
Street View car. Equipped with a camera system on the roof,...
- Case Studies
Empowering local communities with Street View In 2019, a...
- Policy
Blurring Google takes a number of steps to protect the...
- Hire a Trusted Professional
While Google does not employ photographers or agencies, we...
- Contribute
Creating and publishing your Street View images on Google...
- Businesses
Learn how to feature your business on Google Maps. Inspire...
- Gallery
Explore the best Street View collections from around the...
- Developers
Use the Google Maps API on the web, as a JavaScript library...
- Capture With a 360 Camera, Publish Your Collections With Street View Studio & Check Content Removals
Tip: Only outdoor videos can be converted into Street View....
- How It Works
- Overview
- When does the Google Maps car come?
- What does a Street Car look like?
- Uploading a Street View Image
- How to Request a Satellite Image
When does the Google Maps car come?
What does a Street Car look like?
Looking for your chance to become internet famous? Well, maybe posing in front of a Google Street View car will put you on the map. But how do you know when the car is coming? Is there a set schedule? We’ve answered these questions and more in this article, so keep reading to learn how Google’s cars work.
Google doesn’t publicly release their Google Street View car schedules, but you can find out the month and year a car may be in your area.
Street View cars usually have Google Maps decals and a tall tripod with a spherical camera on the roof.
A Street View car won’t come to your home on a specific day, but you can request new Google Satellite images.
Google has a loose schedule for where their cars will be during the year.
Google’s cars come randomly, but you can see when they’re planning on visiting certain areas in a yearly time frame. Head to
, enter your country and region, and check to see when a car may be in your area.
Keep in mind that Street View cars can be delayed by weather, traffic, and other outside forces, which is why there isn’t a definitive schedule.
A Street View car is a 4-door car with a tall camera on top.
Painted with Google Street View logos, these cars are usually easy to spot. But, if the decal doesn’t set it apart, the tall spherical camera on top will. Resting on a tall tripod that towers over other vehicles, this modular camera consists of 7 cameras that capture a 360° 3D image of the street.
Google doesn’t use a specific make or model for these cars, but the cars do need 4 doors to hold the tripod in place.
A newer camera with a compact design with 2 spherical cameras (that resemble owl eyes) will start replacing older models in 2023.
Google gives users creative liberty to publish their own Street View imagery.
Has a Google car not come by your neighborhood in years? Is there a trail you hike that’s not on a map? Uploading a 360° video of your favorite locations can help put your town on the map. Here’s what you need to do:
Gear up with a Street View-compatible camera, like the
Mount your camera on a vehicle or helmet and go for a drive, ride, or walk.
Publish your images to the
This process only works if your area is already on Google Maps.
Google cars may not come when you’d like, but you can ask Google’s satellite to stop by.
Say you’ve done a lot of landscaping work on your house recently. Maybe you’ve installed a pool, built a barn, or planted trees. If the image of your property on Google Maps is from before those renovations, ask Google to take a new satellite image.
Go to the area you’d like updated on the Map.
Click the 3 bars on the top left-hand side of the screen and select “Feedback.”
Type “I would like to recommend an imagery refresh” in the feedback window.
This doesn’t ensure a Google Satellite will come on a specific day or time.
Street View car. Equipped with a camera system on the roof, the Street View car is our most used equipment for collecting imagery and has helped us capture more than 10 million miles...
May 25, 2021 · By Trevor Mogg May 25, 2021. Google has captured well over 10 million miles of global Street View imagery since its camera-equipped cars first hit the streets 14 years ago. But despite the...
Jun 2, 2022 · To celebrate, Google Maps has added a new Street View car mode that lets you cruise around as – you guessed it – the Google Street car. Here’s how you can activate and use it as your...
May 24, 2022 · You’ll start seeing our new camera in fun Google colors alongside our iconic Street View cars and trekkers next year. Traveling back in time with Street View 🕰️ Street View is all about capturing the world as it changes, and it’s also a powerful way to reminisce about the past.
Feb 18, 2023 · On Street View, blue lines denote a road that has been driven down and captured by a Google Street View Car, creating a series of images to document the whole road.
