The new Google Street View for the Isle of Wight has been launched. Internet users of Google Maps  are now able to get in-depth imagery from around the Isle of Wight.

Have a good browse around as 95% coverage of the UK went live today.

Google has extended its 360-degree, Street View photographic imagery coverage in the United Kingdom to include 95% of homes in the country and another 210, 000 miles of road.

 What is Google Street View? 

Street View takes Google Maps to a new level, allowing you to visually explore and navigate a neighbourhood through panoramic street-level photographs.

Street View imagery appears as the lowest zoom level in Google Maps. Where images are available on the map the pegman icon on the left hand side will be coloured orange.  To access the images, you can drag the orange “Pegman” icon on the left-hand side of the map onto a street outlined in blue. You can move up and down streets, or look around in 360 degree panoramas.

What can I use Street View for?

Street View has a variety of practical uses. Using Street View you can easily find the exact location for your crucial meeting and the nearest coffee shop, plan a restaurant venue to meet friends for dinner, or find the best viewing spot for a marathon or parade.

If you are moving house or re-locating, you can save time by exploring properties and their surrounding area in advance and also by looking up driving directions. Street View allows you to check out a hotel or holiday home before you book, and to explore different travel destinations around the world.

Cool, how can I check it out?

You can see click here: Alternatively click on this link:  it will take you direct to the Isle of Wight map.

Europe has been on fire recently with allegations that Street View, part of Google Maps, amounts to nothing more than a privacy invasion. Despite this, Spain, France and Italy join the UK as European Union countries that have been fully mapped by Google.

Users can request that Google remove images of them or their properties from Street View if they so choose.

How do you feel about the Street Map? Do you think it’s a good idea or do you feel it’s an intrusion into your privacy?