Google Street View in North America , , Caribbean: , , , , , , All these countries have user-generated panorama photos called Photo Spheres, similar to the Street View photos, accessible within Google Maps. Google Street View in North America In North America, Google Street View is available in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala and Greenland, and limited coverage in some more areas. The United States was the first country to have Google Street View images and was the only country with images for over a year following introduction of the service on May 25, 2007. Early on, most locations had a limited number
Google Map Maker Google Map Maker Google Map Maker is a discontinued mapping and map editing service launched by Google in June 2008. In geographies where it is hard to find providers of good map data, user contributions could be used to increase map quality. Changes to Google Map Maker were intended to appear on Google Maps only after sufficient review by Google moderators. Google Map Maker was used at Google Mapathon events held annually. In November 2016, it was announced that Google Map Maker would be retired and merged with Google Maps itself; it was officially shut down on March 31, 2017.