April the 8th, 2021 - After approximately a decade, Google Maps is set to return to the country's streets and roads to film Croatia once again in order to make what are likely to be many updates and changes.

As Darko Bicak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the funny looking Google Street View cars are returning to film Croatia this spring. In the coming months, the car will embark on a journey touring many cities, towns and covering many streets and roads across the entire country. The goal of the Google Maps Croatian re-run will of course be to update Google Street View photos of cities, roads, and highways across the Republic of Croatia on the wildly popular Google Maps platform.

Thanks to the Google Street View service, users have the opportunity to view most Croatian cities and many historical sights such as Orlando's Column in Dubrovnik, St. Jacob's Cathedral in Sibenik and much more, as well as natural beauty the country possesses such as Papuk Nature Park.

Google is aware that infrastructure in cities, but also between cities, alters and develops over time, sometimes quickly and that sometimes natural disasters leave their mark on the landscape of a country, so their photos need to be updated regularly. The new photos taken as they film Croatia once again will help users navigate even better and plan their upcoming trips more easily.

Street View is a popular Google Maps feature available in more than 220 countries around the world, as well as parts of the Arctic and Antarctic. Thanks to the platform, users can see different streets and cultural and take a peek at national heritage sites in 360 degrees. It is also available via Google Earth, as is Google Maps for mobile phones.

Here in Croatia, the Street View service has been available since back in 2012 and is constantly updated to provide the most accurate picture of reality within the country. In addition to the streets and roads, Google also photographed pedestrian zones of various Croatian cities and other places to which cars don't typically have access, such as Split's Riva or the very heart of the Old Town of Varazdin.

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Croatia'a infrastructure is constantly altering, with new roads, buildings and other content popping up regularly. We just wrote about how Croatia has changed when viewed from the air over the past 35 years via timelapse Google Earth, but how much have the streets changed across the country since the Google Street View car took to them last?

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes on the 6th of June, 2019, the Google Street View car and Trekker are set to return to the Republic of Croatia to update the country's local data on the huge Google Maps platform.

This year, however, the focus will not only be on Croatia's streets which are often limited by roads and pathways that are inaccessible by car, meaning that the Google Street View cannot document them. Street View Trekker, which can take photos, map and document places that cars don't have access to will come too, as they have stated from Google.

Trekker is a complete piece of photo equipment for Street View which is placed in a backpack. This allows Google to take photographs of places that cars don't have access to, such as in purely pedestrian zones and streets that do not allow cars in five Croatian cities, Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek, and Zadar.

"Google recognises the need for regular updates due to continued infrastructure development. Regular Street View updates help users to get a better orientation and makes travel planning easier," explains yesterday's media release from Google.

The wildly popular Google Street View is now available in more than 88 countries around the world, as well as in parts of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, it was presented in the Republic of Croatia back in 2012 and is continuously updated and refined to keep up with new roads, landscapes, infrastructure and changes.

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