Google has mapped parts of the world where 98% of people live, the company said on Friday. And it’s Street View project, the brainchild of cofounder Larry Page who wanted to create a 360-map of the world, has collected over 10 million miles of imagery — or, enough to circle the Earth 400 times. These coverage figures are the first Google has revealed how much of the world its mapping services...
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