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Re:Google Street View returns to Germany after 10 Years by capableweb on Friday July 07, 2023 @03:36AM (#36628463)
> They've been uploaded by some third party. No one cared in the slightest. I don't understand why this is news now.

Not saying it's right or wrong but there is a big difference between some random people uploading photos every now and then VS a huge conglomerate with huge resources repeatedly mapping everything with 360 photos. I can understand why one might make the news and the other doesn't.

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Re:Google Street View returns to Germany after 10 Years by mr_mitm on Friday July 07, 2023 @04:10AM (#36628712)
It's not random people, it's some company that does it: https://www.rolling-rotors.de/

It's done at scale, not a random regular picture here and there. It's all 360 and almost indistinguishable from Google's material. You can only tell by the car and the logo on its roof, which hasn't been cropped out unlike Google's pictures.

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