Google Maps Streetview comes to Canada

  Frederick Linsmeyer • October 7, 2009 • Local, News

After a lengthy wait, Google Maps streetview is now available in select Canadian cities. Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, Kitchener, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, and Halifax are now viewable online including most major and side streets. Canada finally joins the United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and other European nations who use the streetview service.

Google Maps streetview is  great tool when trying to confirm a restaurant location or want to see if there’s bank or other point of interest near your destination.

About Frederick Linsmeyer

A regular beer-drinking, hockey-watching, snow-shovelling Canadian, Frederick, aka Nephrus, loves his anime. Born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Frederick runs amok between his hometown and Chicago, IL spending time with friends, at anime conventions and looking for some good burgers or sushi.

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One Response to Google Maps Streetview comes to Canada

  1. Polprav
    October 17, 2009 at 9:30 AM PST

    Hello from Russia!
    Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

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