Google Street View in Africa


Presently, in Africa, Google Street View can be seen in parts of Botswana, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, eSwatini, Lesotho, Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia, Nigeria, the Canary Islands of Spain, and Egypt's landmarks.

Background

On September 1, 2009, Google announced that it started collecting images in South Africa for Google Maps Street View. Google is currently driving around South Africa in Toyota Priuses, taking photographs of locations in the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London. Google Trikes are also being used for the first time to map popular tourist destinations, such as the scenic Chapman's Peak Drive and Table Mountain in Cape Town, Soccer City in Johannesburg, and the new Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
Images of South Africa were made available on Google Street View on June 8, 2010.
On December 8, 2010, more locations in South Africa were added. These were mostly rural and main roads, as well as a much larger coverage of the Limpopo province. After the update, the borders of South Africa's neighboring countries could be reached.
On September 9, 2014, landmarks in Egypt were added.
In 2017, the coverage of Nigeria is planned.

Introductions by date

Areas included

Reference:

Landmarks in Egypt including Pyramids of Giza, Cairo Citadel, Saqqara, Monastery of Saint Mina, Citadel of Qaitbay and more

Most roads in Réunion.

Main roads and several cities throughout the country

, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, parts of Marania Farm near Mount Kenya

Western half of the country: Maseru and major roads.

Cities: Antananarivo, Morondava, Ambanja, Tulear, Belo sur Mer

Landmarks and water views of Barren Isles, Nosy Komba, Sambirano River, Ambalahonko, Velondriake, Avenue of the Baobabs, and the Sacred Forest

, Benin City, Enugu, Gwagwalada, Ibadan, Lagos and surroundings and roads between

In Madeira,
most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads are covered.
In the Azores, the islands of São Miguel Island and Terceira Island have good coverage.

Main roads and several cities throughout the country

The Canary Islands do geographically belong to Africa according to geographical definitions.
Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads in the Canary Islands are covered.
Ceuta and Melilla have some coverage.

Most cities and roads.


The coastal main road and selected streets in cities along it, including Tunis and Sfax

got views of most roads inside and around Entebbe and Kampala.

Some walk paths around Sandy Bay are covered by Street Wiew.
There are dense sequences of photo spheres along main roads, similar to full Street View coverage

views of some highways and the central business district in Windhoek and Swakopmund.

. Views of some highways and the central business districts of Harare, Chegutu, Rusape, Masvingo and two United Nations World Heritage Sites: Great Zimbabwe National Monument and Victoria Falls. The first instances of Google Street View in Zimbabwe were contributed by photographer Tawanda Kanhema.

Future Coverage