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The Agora => Greek News => Topic started by: Maik on Thursday, 05 June, 2014 @ 17:26:06
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Google launches Street View in Greece after spat
Google has launched its Street View map service in Greece after winning approval from the privacy authority that blocked the ground-level map application five years ago.
Company officials said the service went live Thursday after «extensive and detailed» negotiations with the country's Data Protection Authority, which last year lifted objections made to the project in 2009.
Culture Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos attended a launch event in central Athens and said the map service would help the crisis-hit country's vital tourism industry, describing Greece as an "endless archaeological park."
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_05/06/2014_540340
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Yup - up and running on Google Earth: Katelios out of season (probably just), but sunnyish! Not available for Paxos at the moment, though.
Thanks for the heads up! :)
Tony
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"Endless rubbish dump" would be a more accurate description...!!! :lol:
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Thanks for the thought Bryan - I'll have a "wander" through Kilkis sometime!!
Tony
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Ooops! Well, it dates to December, 2011, so it is a bit dated. The unnamed road is Megalou Alexandrou and no, San Giorgio hotel hasn't moved to Mi'Abeli:
(http://goinggreek.info/gallery/1_05_06_14_11_30_03.jpeg)
Hm, I may be the only person in the world who find Street View a p.i.t.a. to use :hmm:
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it's a bit eerie for us non res's to see everything shut and empty - but of course in December it would be