Google's Street View In Japan Needs Reshooting

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Google's Street View In Japan Needs Reshooting [news.bbc.co.uk]

Google's Street View service suffered a second blow this week after numerous complaints in Japan forced the firm to start reshooting all the photos.

Cameras attached to the Street View car were "too high" for Japanese buildings, allowing them to see over walls into private areas.

Google said it would lower the cameras on its cars by 40cm (16in).

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That may take a while. ;)
It's good that they're taking the local concerns seriously.

On a related note I saw a photo of a bicycle mounted Google Map cam that could navigate down narrow lanes where a car couldn't venture. They were using it in a temple and some other tourist attractions. That will open up a lot of possibilities for them here. There are a surprising number of roads in Japan that cannot accommodate auto vehicle traffic.