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Today Google Sightseeing is celebrating its fifth birthday! We will be marking the occasion by eating cake and manically trying to finish our latest redesign of the site (which is, typically, late). Last year, we summarised the site's first ever…

In an absolutely enormous update, Google have in the last few minutes launched brand new Street View images for the whole of the UK – bringing the total coverage to a reported 96% of all UK roads. The images cover…

Another year is winding up here at Google Sightseeing, so here's a look back at the most popular posts from 2009. 1. Top 10 Street Views, April 2009 Following an absolutely massive launch of Street View imagery across Europe in…

Another month, another absolutely massive Street View update. The big news is that Google has launched a wealth of imagery for previously uncovered Mexico; but they've also added imagery to Hawaii for the first time, added many new places in…

It's been a while since we've posted here about updated images in Google Earth and Maps, but Google have been steadily rolling out new updates every few months, usually with a short quiz relating to the new locations. However, today's…

Our regular readers may have noticed a slight drop in output from Google Sightseeing lately, which is due in part to our drive to find more contributing writers to add to the team. If you've missed daily updates, then you'll…