Google Street View in Oceania

In Oceania, Google Street View is available in most parts of Australia and New Zealand.

On 4 August 2008, the long-anticipated image collection of Australia was introduced. At this time, 18 camera icons were added. Extensive mapping of New Zealand was included on 1 December 2008. On 9 December 2008, Darwin, Australia, and other locations were included. On 30 October 2009, Google Australia announced that they would be sending its fleet of cars back on the road from November 2009 to update Street View Australia with new images.

In October 2010, Google Street View ceased operations in Australia after its Street View cars were found to have been collecting Wi-Fi data from home Wi-Fi networks. In May 2011, Google Australia stated that they had removed all the Wi-Fi sniffing equipment and that they planned to shoot Australian roads again, but did not provide a specific timetable. On 27 July 2011, major urban and regional centres of Australia were updated with the new HD imagery.

In February 2015 another update of Australia with HD imagery was released. It's the very first update in Northern Territory after the low-resolution imagery. It also affected parts of Western Australia and Queensland. But some places are still limited to low-resolution imagery or don't even have Street View coverage at all.

As of June 2015 the updates of Australia are going on but it's not clear how long does it take to reach 100% coverage with HD imagery. Cars are reported to visit western coast of Australia so there's some change that the HD coverage is going to increase.

Timeline of introductions

Date	Major locations added
4 August 2008	Adelaide, Albany, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Broken Hill, Cairns, Canberra, Geraldton, Hobart, Karratha, Melbourne, Mount Isa, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga and more rural areas
1 December 2008	Major part of New Zealand
9 December 2008	More areas in Australia
27 July 2011	Update with HD images in various locations in Australia
June 29, 2011	Bonin Islands
October 27, 2011	Full introduction of Google Business Views, including new businesses in New Zealand
21 February 2012	Update with HD images in various locations in New Zealand
April 3, 2012	Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, in Australia
September 25, 2012	Underwater imagery in Australia and Hawaii (United States)
November 28, 2012	Luna Park Sydney, Taronga Zoo, in Australia
September 3, 2013	Updated areas, including Christchurch and Auckland, and more locations in New Zealand
December 11, 2013	Adamstown, Henderson Island in Pitcairn Islands
April 21, 2014	Updates and more locations in Australia
June 4, 2014
September 22, 2014	Unincorporated territories of the United States including: Hagåtña and more locations in Guam Capitol Hill, Saipan, Garapan and more locations in the Northern Mariana Islands
February 18, 2015	Update and more locations in Australia
March 2, 2015	Queensland Museum, Australian War Memorial, National Museum of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Public Record Office Victoria in Australia
May 29, 2015	Pago Pago, Fagatogo, Tafuna, Ofu-Olosega, Manu'a and more locations in American Samoa
June 4, 2015	Underwater views in Papua, Indonesia Underwater views in the Solomon Islands Underwater views in the Cook Islands
July 14, 2015	Update and more locations in Australia, including HD update of Alice Springs
November 3, 2015	Milford Track, Kepler Track, Abel Tasman Coast Track, Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, Heaphy Track, Routeburn Track, Rakiura Track

Areas included

Australia

Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads.

Ecuador

• Galapagos Islands - Some paths and some beach walks.

Indonesia

• Mountain climbing at the Puncak Jaya mountain

Japan

• Bonin Islands
  • Chichi-jima – Most roads
  • Haha-jima – Most roads

New Zealand

Most towns, cities, villages, major and sealed rural roads. Coverage limited to North Island, South Island and Waiheke Island.

United Kingdom

• Pitcairn
  • Pitcairn Island – Most roads and some paths
  • Henderson Island – Some beach walks

United States

• Hawaii
• Midway Atoll
• Guam
• Northern Mariana Islands
• American Samoa,

For more details, see Google Street View in the United States.

For other parts of Japan and Indonesia, see Google Street View in Asia.

Countries without any coverage

Countries of Oceania which do not have coverage:

Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Countries partly in Oceania, where the Oceanian parts do not have coverage:
Chile (Easter Island), France

Of these countries, the following have photospheres, 360 degree panorama photos similar to the streetview photos, accessible in Google maps:
Chile, Fiji, France, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu

Competing products

• New Zealand: EveryScape provides coverage for Christchurch.