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 Voice Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet with funding by Minor Ventures, was acquired by Google on July 2, 2007, for US$95 million in a transaction led by Miles Agha. Although Grand Central users were able to continue to use the service after the purchase, new users were not accepted, and Google made no public statements about their plans for the service. On March 11, 2009, the management of the service revealed that the team had been working on it throughout that period, apparently in secret, and that it was being rebranded "Google Voice". It was to keep most of the functionality