Google Street View in the United States


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 of views, usually constrained to the city limits and only including major streets, and they only showed the buildings up to a certain height. Few suburbs or other nearby cities were included.
After the first few sets of introductions, image collections from cities added were more detailed, often including every side street, especially in areas closer to the center of the city. More suburbs and other nearby cities were included.
The coverage of various cities has in many cases, subsequently been enlarged and improved, but not necessarily on the same date as new cities have been added. Improvements have included the additions of streets in neighborhoods where previously only main roads had been covered, expansions to more suburbs, and views to the sky where previously only views to a certain height were provided.
Initially when a group of cities were added, only those cities and their own suburbs would be a part of the image collection. However June 10, 2008 introductions also included cities in covered areas without camera icons and isolated from any other camera icons. Many more cities were added without icons on August 4, when the only U.S. city added with an icon was New Orleans.
On November 9, 2009, parts of Hawaii were added, and coverage of the United States was also further expanded, although some key areas had yet to be added. With the addition of Hawaii, all fifty states are now represented in Street View.
On July 2, 2013, high-definition images, at least 99% of which has been taken since early 2011, were added to major portions of all fifty states, including those that have had no HD images up to that point.

Timeline of introductions

Note: Bold indicates locations available in newer 'high quality' view. Italic bold indicates locations partially available in high quality view. Normal text indicates locations only available in older low-resolution view.
DateMajor locations added
Friday, May 25, 2007San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, New York City
Tuesday, August 7, 2007Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Orlando
Tuesday, October 9, 2007Portland, Phoenix, Tucson, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
Monday, December 10, 2007Dallas, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Detroit, Providence, Boston
Tuesday, February 12, 2008Juneau, Boise, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Raleigh, Albany, Manchester
Thursday, March 27, 2008Anchorage, Fairbanks, Spokane, Yosemite National Park, Albuquerque, Austin, Little Rock, Rockford, Madison, Nashville, Cleveland, Tampa, Richmond
Tuesday, June 10, 2008Sacramento, Fresno, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Jackson, Louisville, Atlanta, Columbus, Jacksonville, Columbia, Charlotte, Buffalo, Virginia Beach, Yellowstone National Park
Monday, August 4, 2008New Orleans, Baton Rouge and more rural areas
Tuesday, November 4, 2008Seattle, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and more rural areas
Tuesday, December 9, 2008More locations in United States
Wednesday, March 18, 2009More locations in United States
Tuesday, August 18, 2009Legoland California, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, San Diego State University, Thunderhill Raceway Park
Wednesday, October 7, 2009More locations in United States
Wednesday, December 2, 2009SeaWorld, Boston University, Hersheypark, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Florida
Thursday, January 21, 2010San Diego Zoo, Sesame Place, Busch Gardens, Water Country USA, Pennsylvania State University, University of Pennsylvania, Detroit Zoo, Rochester Institute of Technology, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boulder Creek Path
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
More locations in Alaska as Kenai, Homer, Valdez, Ketchikan, Petersburg, road to Circle, Deadhorse and other places
Tuesday, February 1, 2011Freer Gallery of Art, The Frick Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art
Monday, February 28, 2011Balboa Park
Thursday, November 8, 2011Selected buildings
Monday, September 22, 2014Unincorporated territories of the United States including:
Hagåtña and more locations in Guam
Capitol Hill, Saipan, Garapan and more locations in the Northern Mariana Islands
Thursday, September 1, 2016U.S. Virgin Islands
Wednesday, December 14, 2016Puerto Rico

Areas included