The famous Street View feature of Google Maps has not been operating with up-to-date imagery in Germany due to decade-old privacy concerns. Today, Street View is finally coming back to the country.

The company has visited Germany again with its iconic Street View cars since then, but only in order to improve Maps' accuracy and to lay groundwork for testing self-driving vehicles.

Google Street View Maps Cause Stir In Germany Internet giant Google wants to extend its popular Street View mapping service to include 20 German cities by the end of the year.

Google is preparing to set Street View live in Germany, after getting opt-out requests from almost a quarter of a million households.Promising a "couple of nice surprises" in the launch, which ...

Some properties in Oberstaufen, Germany are blurred in Google’s Street View. A Google spokeswoman said no complaint had been received by the company on Tuesday.

In most locations, Google sends its Street View cars out on a repeated basis “to make sure the information is accurate and kept up to date,” as the Street View website explains.

BERLIN — Google will introduce its “Street View” mapping feature for 20 of Germany’s largest cities before the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday, launching a new debate over ...

A uf wiedersehen, Google Street View. There’s going to be no more new street view pictures in Germany, says the search engine company. Google isn’t taking any of the old Street View pictures ...

Google gives up on Street View in Germany. Most of Europe has been pretty litigious with Google in regard to the Street View service. But Germany has arguably been the most quarrelsome,… ...

Google Street View’s torrid affair with Germany is coming to an end. Although Google still plans to aggregate street name data in Germany, it will no longer send out its legions of Street View ...

(AP) -- Google Inc. is defending its "Street View" feature against sharp criticism in Germany saying it has gone a long way to address people's privacy concerns.

Germany said Friday that Google had agreed to address thorny privacy concerns before launching its Street View navigation service in the country, ending a row between the firm and Berlin.