Google Street View to post first new pictures from Germany in a decade
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Google Street View's cameras have returned to Germany more than a decade after a privacy backlash in the country pushed it to stop updating images.Alphabet Inc.'s update will start with new photos of the streets and landmarks of the country's 20 largest cities and expand from there, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. Google voluntarily suspended Street View photography in Germany in 2011, after an outcry from privacy advocates and opposition from regulators. “We've been back on the road with our vehicles in Germany since June and will be posting the latest images as they become available - adding footage from other regions across the country,” Sven Tresp, a program manager for Street View, wrote. Google is posting information about where its cameras are traveling, he sai...