In June 2012 Google

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

announced to the media that the Google Street View cars would be circulating throughout

collecting images. In September 2013 Google Street View became available. It covers a major part of the Colombian territory including 21 cities and many smaller towns. Among the major cities covered by

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are

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, Cartagena, Manizales,

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, Bucaramanga,

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and Neiva. The initial collecting of images begun in Bogota. Google explained to the Colombian media that the well known privacy concerns would be addressed with the blurring of faces and car plates. They also explained that a contact form would be available for users if they believed that there was data that they deemed private. By the time of the first release some locations were not still covered, but Google assured that within the next months they would cover those areas still missing; namely Medellin and

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

. According to Semana magazine, the first stage of image collection included a coverage of more than 30.000 km of streets and roads. In addition to the cars, Google also used

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since they were convenient for many narrow streets and colonial areas where cars might not be allowed. Google introduced

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officially to the Colombian people and the Colombian media at a press conference at the Interactive Center

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, a center for the diffusion of knowledge in science and technology located in the city of Bogota. Google executive for

explained that Maloka had been chosen because it was known as a place that inspired exploration and innovation. During a press conference general manager for Google in Colombia Laura Camacho explained that

was the 4th country in Latin America to have a major

coverage after Mexico, Brazil and Chile (which was started almost at the same time). She also expressed that after a year of operations in

, the releasing of Street View in this country, implied an acknowledgment by Google that

is an important market in Latin America.

Timeline of introductions

Municipalities with Google Street View Coverage

References

External links

Google Colombia
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