Mikael Dafit Adi Prasetyo, Tribunnews.com journalist

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, NEW DELHI – Google relaunched the Street View feature in India after six years or to be precise in 2016, India had rejected the Street View feature as it involved national security concerns.

Google said it has partnered with tech companies such as Genesys and Tech Mahindra to relaunch the Street View feature, which is now available in 10 cities across India.

Additionally, Google also hopes to roll out the feature to 50 Indian cities by the end of this year.

It is the first time, company executives told a news conference in New Delhi, that Google has partnered with a third-party company for Street View.

Launched 15 years ago, Street View has been broadcast in over 100 countries and has amassed over 220 billion Street View images.

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“From today Street View will be available on Google Maps with a new image intensity in India covering 150,000 kilometers (93,205 miles) of roads which have been effectively absorbed into Google Maps,” said Miriam Karthika Daniel, VP Maps Experiences at Google.

Karthika Daniel, who joined Google last year, also said the company is opening up access to its Street View application programming interface (API) service to local developers.

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“This will allow them to integrate with the mapping experience and all of their products and services in the future,” Karthika Daniel said.

“We remain committed to working with local organizations and governments as we strive to bring more useful features and information to Maps.”

“We will continue to do so responsibly, enabling accurate, authentic and reliable information. We look forward to extending our technology and expertise to local ecosystems.”