Google Street View in Colombia

Screenshot of Street view for Manizales on Google Earth

In June 2012 Google Colombia announced to the media that the Google Street View cars would be circulating throughout Colombia collecting images.^[1]

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 Street view are Bogotá, Cartagena, Manizales, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Santa Marta and Neiva.^[2][3]

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.

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

Google introduced Street View officially to the Colombian people and the Colombian media at a press conference at the Interactive Center Maloka, a center for the diffusion of knowledge in science and technology located in the city of Bogota. Google executive for Colombia 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 Colombia was the 4th country in Latin America to have a major Street View coverage after Mexico, Brazil and Chile (which was started almost at the same time). She also expressed that after a year of operations in Colombia, the releasing of Street View in this country, implied an acknowledgment by Google that Colombia is an important market in Latin America.^[4]

Timeline of introductions

Municipalities with Google Street View Coverage

Department	Coverage	Cities
Amazonas
	High	None
	Medium	None
	Low	None
	None	Leticia, Puerto Nariño, El Encanto, La Chorrera, La Pedrera, La Victoria, Mirití-Paraná, Puerto Alegría, Puerto Arica, Puerto Santander, Tarapacá
Antioquia
	High	Medellín, Abejorral, Amagá, Andes, Angelópolis, Arboletes, Argelia, Armenia, Barbosa, Bello, Belmira, Betania, Betulia, Bolívar, Buriticá, Cáceres, Caicedo, Caldas, Campamento, Cañasgordas, Caracolí, Caramanta, Carepa, El Carmen de Viboral, Carolina del Príncipe, Caucasia, Chigorodó, Cisneros, Cocorná, Concepción, Concordia, Copacabana, Dabeiba, Don Matías, Ebéjico, El Bagre, Entrerríos, Envigado, Fredonia, Frontino, Giraldo, Girardota, Gómez Plata, Granada, Guadalupe, Guarne, Guatapé, Heliconia, Hispania, Itagüí, Ituango, Jardín, Jericó, La Ceja, La Estrella, La Pintada, La Unión, Liborina, Maceo, Marinilla, Montebello, Mutatá, Necoclí, Olaya, Peñol, Pueblorrico, Puerto Berrío, Puerto Nare, Puerto Triunfo, Remedios, Retiro, Rionegro, Sabanalarga, Sabaneta, Salgar, San Andrés, San Carlos, San Francisco, San Jerónimo, San José de la Montaña, San Juan de Urabá, San Luis, San Pedro, San Rafael, San Roque, Santa Bárbara, Santa Fe de Antioquia, Santa Rosa de Osos, Santo Domingo, El Santuario, San Vicente, Segovia, Sonsón, Sopetrán, Támesis, Tarazá, Tarso, Titiribí, Toledo, Turbo, Urrao, Valdivia, Valparaíso, Vegachi, Venecia, Yali, Yarumal, Yolombó, Yondó, Zaragoza.
	Medium	Abriaquí, Alejandría, Amalfi, Angostura, Anzá, Apartadó,
	Low	Anorí, Nariño, Nechí, Uramita.
	None	Briceño, Murindó, Peque, San Pedro de Urabá, Vigía del Fuerte,
Arauca
	High	None
	Medium	Arauca.
	Low	Arauquita, Tame.
	None	Cravo Norte, Fortul, Puerto Rondón, Saravena.
Atlántico	High	Barranquilla, Baranoa, Campo de la Cruz, Candelaria, Galapa, Juan de Acosta, Luruaco, Malambo, Manatí, Palmar de Varela, Piojó, Polonuevo, Ponedera, Puerto Colombia, Repelón, Sabanagrande, Sabanalarga, Santa Lucía, Santo Tomás, Soledad, Suán, Tubará, Usiacurí.
	Medium	None
	Low	None
	None	None
Bogotá D.C.	High	Antonio Nariño, Barrios Unidos, Bosa, Chapinero, Ciudad Bolívar, Engativá, Fontibón, Kennedy, La Candelaria, Los Mártires, Puente Aranda, Rafael Uribe Uribe, San Cristóbal, Santa Fé, Suba, Teusaquillo, Tunjuelito, Usaquén, Usme.
	Medium	None
	Low	Sumapaz
	None	None
Bolívar	High	Cartagena, Arjona, Arroyo Hondo, Calamar, Cicuco, Clemencia, Córdoba, El Carmen de Bolívar, El Guamo, Magangué, Mahates, María La Baja, Mompos, San Cristóbal, San Estanislao, San Jacinto, San Juan Nepomuceno, Santa Catalina, Santa Rosa, Soplaviento, Talaiga Nuevo, Turbaco, Turbaná, Villanueva, Zambrano.
	Medium
	Low	Achí
	None	Altos del Rosario, Barranco de Loba, Cantagallo, El Peñón, Hatillo de Loba, Margarita, Montecristo, Morales, Norosí, Pinillos, Regidor, Rio Viejo, San Fernando, San Martín de Loba, San Pablo, Santa Rosa del Sur, Simití, Tiquisio.
Boyacá	High	Tunja, Almeida, Aquitania, Arcabuco, Belén, Berbeo, Beteitiva, Boavita, Boyacá, Briceño, Buenavista, Busbanzá, Caldas, Campohermoso, Cerinza, Chinavita, Chiquinquirá, Chiquiza, Chiscas, Chita, Chitaraque, Chivatá, Chivor, Ciénega, Corrales, Covarachía, Cómbita, Corrales, Covarachía, Cucaita, Cuitiva, Duitama, El Cocuy, El Espino, Firavitoba, Floresta, Gachantivá, Guacamayas, Guateque, Guayatá, Gámeza, Güicán, Iza, Jenesano, La Capilla, La Uvita, Labranzagrande, Macanal, Miraflores, Mongua, Monguí, Moniquirá, Motavita, Nobsa, Nuevo Colón, Oicatá, Otanche, Pachavita, Páez, Pajarito, Paipa, Panqueba, Pauna, Paya, Paz de Río, Pesca, Pisba, Puerto Boyacá, Ramiriquí, Rondón, Ráquira, Saboyá, Sáchica, Samacá, San Eduardo, San José de Pare, San Luis de Gaceno, San Mateo, San Miguel de Sema, San Pablo de Borbur, Santa María, Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Santa Sofía, Santana, Sativanorte, Sativasur, Siachoque, Soatá, Socha, Socotá, Sogamoso, Somondoco, Sora, Soracá, Sotaquira, Susacón, Sutamarchán, Sutatenza, Tasco, Tenza, Tibaná, Tibasosa, Tinjacá, Tipacoque, Toca, Togüí, Tópaga, Tota, Tununguá, Turmequé, Tuta, Tutazá, Úmbita, Ventaquemada, Villa de Leyva, Viracachá, Zetaquirá.
	Medium
	Low	Coper, Maripí, Garagoa, Muzo, Quipama.
	None	Cubará
Caldas	High	Manizales, Aguadas, Anserma, Aranzazu, Belarcázar, Chinchiná, Filadelfia, La Dorada, La Merced, Manzanares, Marmato, Marquetalia, Marulanda, Neira, Norcasia, Pácora, Palestina, Riosucio, Risaralda, Salamina, Samaná, San José, Supía, Victoria, Villamaría, Viterbo.
	Medium	None
	Low	None
	None	None
Caquetá	High	Florencia.
	Medium	None
	Low	None
	None	Albania, Belén de Andaquies, Cartagena del Chairá, Curillo, El Doncello, El Paujil, La Montañita, Milán, Morelia, Puerto Rico, San José de la Fragua, San Vicente del Caguán, Solano, Solita, Valparaíso.
Casanare	High	Yopal, Aguazul, Chameza, Hato Corozal, La Salina, Maní, Monterrey, Nunchía, Orocué, Paz de Ariporo, Pore, Recetor, Sabanalarga, Sacama, San Luis de Palenque, Tamara, Tauramena, Trinidad, Villanueva.
	Medium
	Low
	None	None
Cauca	High	Popayán, Caloto, Florencia, Mercaderes, Patía, Puerto Tejada, Rosas, Santander de Quilichao, Silvia, Suarez, Timbío, Totoro, Villa Rica.
	Medium
	Low	Balboa (rural area only), Buenos Aires (rural area only), Cajibio (rural area only), Caldono (rural area only), Corinto (rural area only), Inza (Partial), La Sierra (rural area only), Miranda (partial), Padilla (partial), Páez (rural area only), Piendamó (partial), Purace (partial), Santa Rosa (rural area only), Sotará (Rural Area Only),
	None	Almaguer, Argelia, Bolívar, El Tambo, Guapi, Jambalo, La Vega, López de Micay, Morales, Piamonte, San Sebastián, Sucre, Timbiquí, Toribío.
Cesar	High	Valledupar, Aguachica, Agustín Codazzi, Astrea, Becerril, Bosconia, Chimichagua, Chiriguaná, Curumaní, El Copey, El Paso, Gamarra, La Gloria, La Jagua de Ibirico, La Paz, Manaure Balcón del Cesar, Pailitas, Pelaya, Pueblo Bello, San Alberto, San Diego, San Martín, Tamalameque.
	Medium	Río de Oro
	Low	None
	None	González.
Chocó	High	Quibdó, Atrato, Condoto, El Cantón de San Pablo, Istmina, Tadó, Unión Panamericana.
	Medium	Cértegui.
	Low	El Carmen de Atrato, Río Quito.
	None	Acandí, Alto Baudó, Bagadó, Bahía Solano, Bajo Baudó, Bojayá, El Carmen del Darién, Juradó, Litoral del San Juan, Lloró, Medio Atrato, Medio Baudó, Medio San Juan, Nóvita, Nuquí, Río Iró, Riosucio, San José Del Palmar, Sipí, Unguía.
Córdoba	High	Montería, Ayapel, Buenavista, Canalete, Cereté, Chimá, Chinú, Ciénaga de Oro, Cotorra, La Apartada, Lorica, Los Córdobas, Momil, Moñitos, Montelíbano, Planeta Rica, Pueblo Nuevo, Puerto Escondido, Puerto Libertador, Purísima, Sahagún, San Andrés de Sotavento, San Antero, San Bernardo del Viento, San Carlos, San José de Uré, San Pelayo, Tierralta, Tuchín, Valencia.
	Medium
	Low
	None
Cundinamarca	High	Bogotá D.C., Agua de Dios, Albán, Anapoima, Anolaima, Apulo, Arbeláez, Beltrán, Bituima, Bojacá, Cabrera, Cachipay, Cajicá, Caparrapí, Cáqueza, Carmen de Carupa, Chaguaní, Chía, Chipaque, Choachí, Chocontá, Cogua, Cota, Cucunubá, El Colegio, El Peñón, El Rosal, Facatativá, Fómeque, Fosca, Funza, Fúquene, Fusagasugá, Gachancipá, Gachetá, Girardot, Granada, Guachetá (partial), Guaduas, Guasca, Guataquí (partial), Guatavita, Guayabal de Síquima, Guayabetal, Gutiérrez, Jerusalén, Junín, La Calera, La Mesa, La Palma, La Peña, La Vega, Lenguazaque, Machetá, Madrid, Manta, Medina, Mosquera, Nariño, Nemocón, Nilo, Nimaima, Nocaima, Pacho, Paime, Pandi, Paratebueno, Pasca, Puerto Salgar, Quebradanegra (rural area only), Quetame, Quipile, Ricaurte, San Antonio del Tequendama, San Bernardo, San Cayetano (rural area only), San Francisco, San Juan de Rioseco, Sasaima, Sesquilé, Sibaté, Silvania, Simijacá, Soacha, Sopó, Subachoque, Suesca, Supatá, Susa, Sutatausa, Tabio, Tausa, Tena, Tenjo, Tibacuy, Tibiritá, Tocaima, Tocancipá, Topaipí, Ubaque, Ubaté, Une, Útica, Venecia, Vergara, Vianí, Villapinzón, Villeta, Viotá, Yacopí, Zipacón, Zipaquirá.
	Medium
	Low
	None	Gachalá, Gama, Pulí, Ubalá.
Guainía	High
	Medium
	Low
	None	Inírida, Barranco Minas, Cacahual, La Guadalupe, Morichal Nuevo, Pana Pana, Puerto Colombia, San Felipe.
Guaviare	High	San José del Guaviare.
	Medium
	Low
	None	Calamar, El Retorno, Miraflores.
Huila	High	Neiva, Acevedo, Agrado, Aipe, Algeciras, Altamira, Baraya, Campoalegre, Colombia, Elias, Garzón, Gigante, Guadalupe, Hobo, Iquira, Isnos, La Argentina, La Plata, Nataga, Paicol, Palermo, Palestina, Pital, Pitalito, Rivera, Saladoblanco, San Agustín, Santa María, Suaza, Tarqui, Tello, Teruel, Tesalia, Timana, Villavieja, Yaguara.
	Medium
	Low
	None	Oporapa.
La Guajira	High	Riohacha, Albania, Barrancas, Dibulla, Distracción, El Molino, Fonseca, Hatonuevo, La Jagua del Pilar, Maicao, Manaure, San Juan del Cesar, Uribia, Urumita, Villanueva.
	Medium
	Low
	None	None
Magdalena	High	Santa Marta, Algarrobo, Aracataca, Ariguani, Cerro San Antonio, Chibolo, Ciénaga, El Banco, El Piñón, El Retén (partial), Fundación, Guamal, Nueva Granada (Partial), Pinto (partial), Pijiño (Rural Area Only), Pivijay, Plato, Pueblo Viejo, Remolino, Sabanas de San Ángel, Salamina, San Sebastián de Buenavista, Santa Ana, Sitionuevo, Tenerife, Zona Bananera.
	Medium
	Low
	None	Concordia, San Zenón, Zapayán.
Meta	High	Villavicencio, Acacías, Barranca de Upía, Cabuyaro, Castilla la Nueva, Cubarral, Cumaral, El Castillo, El Dorado, Fuente de Oro, Granada, Guamal, Puerto Concordia, Puerto Lleras, Restrepo, San Carlos de Guaroa, San Juan de Arama.
	Medium	Lejanías, Mesetas, Puerto Gaitán, Puerto López, Puerto Rico, San Martín, Vista Hermosa.
	Low	Mapiripán.
	None	La Macarena, La Uribe, San Juanito.
Nariño	High	Pasto, Albán, Aldana, Arboleda, Belén, Chachagüí, Colón, Consaca, Contadero, Cuaspud, Guachucal, Guaitarilla, Gualmatán, Imués, Ipiales, La Cruz, La Llanada, La Unión, Mallama, Pupiales, Ricaurte, Samaniego, San Bernardo, Sandona, San Pablo, San Pedro de Cartago, Taminango, Tangua, Tumaco, Túquerres, Yacuanquer.
	Medium	Ancuya, Buesaco, Córdoba, Cumbal, El Peñol, El Tablón, El Tambo, Funes, Iles, La Florida, Linares, Los Andes, Nariño, Ospina, Policarpa, Potosí, Providencia, San Lorenzo, Puerres, Santacruz, Sapuyes.
	Low	Barbacoas, El Rosario.
	None	Cumbitara, El Charco, Francisco Pizarro, La Tola, Leiva, Magüí, Mosquera, Olaya Herrera, Santa Bárbara.
Norte de Santander	High	Cúcuta, Bochalema, Cachira, Cácota, Chinácota, Chitagá, Cucutilla, Duranía, El Zulia, Herrán, La Esperanza (partial), Labateca (partial), Los Patios, Mutiscua, Ocaña (partial), Pamplona, Pamplonita, Puerto Santander, Ragonvalia, San Cayetano, Santiago (rural area only), Silos, Villa del Rosario.
	Medium
	Low
	None
Putumayo	High	Mocoa, Colón, Santiago, Sibundoy.
	Medium	Puerto Asís, Puerto Caicedo, San Francisco, Villagarzón.
	Low	Orito.
	None	Puerto Guzmán, Puerto Leguízamo, San Miguel, Valle Del Guamuez.
Quindío	High	Armenia, Circasia, Filandia, La Tebaida, Montenegro.
	Medium	Buenavista, Calarcá, Cordoba, Génova, Pijao, Quimbaya, Salento.
	Low	None
	None	None
Risaralda	High	Pereira, Apía, Balboa (Partial), Belén de Umbría, Dosquebradas, Guática, La Celia, La Virginia, Marsella, Mistrato, Pueblo Rico, Quinchía, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Santuario.
	Medium
	Low
	None
San Andrés and Providencia	High	None
	Medium	None
	Low	San Andrés Island (North End Beach and San Luis Beach).
	None	Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands
Santander	High	Bucaramanga, Aguada, Albania, Aratoca, Barbosa, Barichara, Barrancabermeja, Betulia, Bolívar, Cabrera (rural area only), Capitanejo, Carcasi, Cepita (Partial), Cerrito, Charala, Charta, Chima, Chipata, Cimitarra, Concepción, Confines, Contratación (Partial), Coromoro (rural area only), Curití (partial), El Carmen de Chucurí, El Guacamayo (Partial), El Peñón (rural area only), El Playón, Encino (partial), Enciso, Florián, Floridablanca, Galán, Gambita, Girón, Guaca, Guadalupe, Guapota (rural area only), Guavata, Guepsa, Hato, Jesus María, Jordán (partial), La Belleza, Landazuri, La Paz (rural area only), Lebrija, Los Santos, Macaravita, Málaga, Matanza, Mogotes, Molagavita, Oiba, Onzaga, Palmar, Palmas Socorro, Páramo, Piedecuesta, Pinchote, Puente Nacional, Puerto Parra, Puerto Wilches, Rionegro, Sabana de Torres, San Andrés, San Benito (Partial), San Gil, San Joaquín, San José Miranda, San Miguel, Santa Bárbara, San Vicente de Chucurí, Simacota, Socorro, Suaita (partial), Sucre, Surata (partial), Tona, Valle San José, Vélez, Villanueva, Zapatoca.
	Medium
	Low
	None
Sucre	High	Sincelejo, Buenavista, Caimito (rural area only), Chalán, Colosó, Corozal, Coveñas, El Roble (partial), Galeras, La Unión, Los Palmitos, Morroa, Ovejas, Palmito, Sampués, San Benito Abad, San Juan de Betulia, San Marcos, San Onofre, San Pedro, Sincé, Tolú, Toluviejo.
	Medium
	Low
	None
Tolima	High	Ibagué, Alvarado, Ambalema, Anzoátegui (rural area only), Armero Guayabal, Cajamarca, Carmen de Apicalá, Chaparral (Partial), Coello, Coyaima, Cunday, Dolores, Espinal, Falán, Flandes, Fresno, Guamo, Herveo, Honda, Icononzo, Lérida, Líbano, Mariquita, Melgar, Murillo, Natagaima, Ortega, Piedras, Palocabildo (partial), Prado, Purificación, Rovira, Saldaña, San Luis, Santa Isabel, Suárez, Valle de San Juan, Venadillo, Villahermosa (rural area only), Villarrica.
	Medium	Alpujarra
	Low
	None
Valle del Cauca	High	Cali, Alcalá, Andalucía, Ansermanuevo, Argelia, Buga, Bugalagrande, Candelaria, Cartago, Dagua, El Aguila, El Cerrito, Ginebra, Guacarí, Jamundí, La Cumbre, La Unión, La Victoria, Palmira, Restrepo, Riofrío, Roldanillo, San Pedro, Sevilla, Toro, Tuluá, Ulloa, Vijes, Yotoco, Yumbo, Zarzal.
	Medium	Bolívar, Buenaventura, Caicedonia, Calima, El Cairo, El Dovio, Florida, Obando, Pradera, Trujillo, Versalles,
	Low	None
	None	None
Vaupés	High	None
	Medium	None
	Low	None
	None	Mitú, Carurú, Pacoa, Papunahua, Taraira, Yavarate.
Vichada	High	None
	Medium	None
	Low	None
	None	Puerto Carreño, Cumaribo, La Primavera, Santa Rosalía.

See also

• Google Street View in Latin America
• Google Street View in Canada

External links

• Google Colombia

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