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Penguins, Irish and Brazillians Get Street View

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Google Street View is officially on all seven continents.

Google Street View is an awesome tool for touring the world from your living room. You can see London's Piccadilly Circus, the Sydney Opera House and the Eiffel Tower, and it won't cost you a penny. This morning, the Google service went live in Ireland, Brazil and Antarctica, meaning that three years after it was first launched in the United States, Street View is now on all seven continents.

"We often consider Street View to be the last zoom layer on the map, and a way to show you what a place looks like as if you were there in person—whether you’re checking out a coffee shop across town or planning a vacation across the globe," writes Brian McClendon, VP of Engineering, Google Earth and Maps.

"We hope this new imagery will help people in Ireland, Brazil, and even the penguins of Antarctica to navigate nearby, as well as enable people around the world to learn more about these areas."

Here's a nice picture of the Guinness brewery at St. James' Gate, Dublin, to get you started on your sightseeing adventures. If you're less into the touristy spots and more into the people watching, don't worry; we Irish aren't immune to the excitement of flashing the Google Street View cars. Happy hunting!

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    LLJones , October 2, 2010 3:17 AM
    Boss to Employee

    "For this screw up, your going to go map Antarctica"
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  • 21 Hide
    LLJones , October 2, 2010 3:17 AM
    Boss to Employee

    "For this screw up, your going to go map Antarctica"
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    eddieroolz , October 2, 2010 3:25 AM
    I lol'd @ Antarctica - must check it out!
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    Arethel , October 2, 2010 7:28 AM
    Yay, my favorite beer. :p 
  • 6 Hide
    micky_lund , October 2, 2010 11:01 AM
    "Penguins, Irish and Brazillians Get Street View"
    in that order
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    gersonrel , October 2, 2010 12:53 PM
    @micky_lund. Yeah, as a brazilian myself I had to lol at that. It's good we don't get insulted that easily.
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    Mike00 , October 2, 2010 1:55 PM
    So let me get this right, there is street view in Antarctica, but there is no street view in some Caribbean Islands like Puerto Rico? LMAO!
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    Camikazi , October 2, 2010 2:51 PM
    Mike00So let me get this right, there is street view in Antarctica, but there is no street view in some Caribbean Islands like Puerto Rico? LMAO!

    Mapping tropical islands is a bonus, mapping Antarctica is a punishment, so someone did something wrong :) 
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    Shadow703793 , October 2, 2010 3:00 PM
    I guess you guys haven't heard about the Dead Body with Google Street View in Brazil?
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    Rab1d-BDGR , October 2, 2010 4:48 PM
    Antarctica has streets?

    This I have to see...
  • 3 Hide
    mugiebahar , October 2, 2010 4:56 PM
    can't wait to check out those penguins topless on the beach, lol
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    WheelsOfConfusion , October 2, 2010 6:24 PM
    Pffft, everyone knows Google Image Search is the best place to look at pictures of Brazilians.
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    bv90andy , October 2, 2010 7:59 PM
    But have you guys heard? Google maps has put on it's map new highways that were supposed to be finished building in Romania, but the construction has barely started. So on the map are highways that don't actually exist.
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    Khimera2000 , October 2, 2010 8:37 PM
    antartica 0.o better be a pnuishment... if not thats a pritty crappy time to draw the short straw....
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    coopchennick , October 3, 2010 5:13 AM
    haha who noticed the penguin for the little street view guy on antarctica? Well done, Google.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?ftr=sv.seven&hl=en&layer=c&utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=mapshpp&utm_source=en-mapshpp-na-us-gns-svn&utm_term=7
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    yose3 , October 3, 2010 7:18 AM
    where is the street view of dominican republic?
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    steelbox , October 3, 2010 8:24 PM
    Rab1d-BDGRAntarctica has streets?This I have to see...

    Mainly scientific stations and tracks connecting one to another.
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    IncinX , October 4, 2010 2:57 PM
    I want to check out Antarctica but I can't see where to drop the little dude!
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    tolham , October 4, 2010 3:59 PM
    how about a street view of iraq.
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    back_by_demand , October 4, 2010 4:21 PM
    Antarctica...
    Why?
    Ok lets go to street view and roam around a bit looking at the sights
    snow
    snow
    snow
    snow
    more snow
    ok bored now

    Next project is to do street view of the the Sahara desert, 3.5 million square miles of sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, more sand, ok bored now.
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    someuser , October 4, 2010 7:51 PM
    Google street view drivers get to see a lot of asses.
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