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"ATHENS, Greece (AP) \u2014 Google has launched its Street View map service in Greece after winning approval from the privacy authority that blocked the ground-level map application five years ago.\nIn 2009, Greece blocked Google Street View from acquiring new images within the country until the company provided more guarantees on privacy. \nSee also: Top 28 Google Street View Sightings\nAfter \"extensive and detailed\" negotiations with the country's Data Protection Authority, which last year lifted objections made to the project years ago, Google officials said the service went live Thursday.\n\nGoogle's Director in Greece Stefanos Loukakos presents to the media the Street View in Athens on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Google has launched its Street View map service in Greece after winning approval from the privacy authority that blocked the ground-level map application five years ago.Image: Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated PressCulture Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos attended a launch event in central Athens and said the map service would help the crisis-hit country's vital tourism industry, describing Greece as an \"endless archaeological park.\"\nGoogle was allowed to gather photos for Street View while waiting for formal approval to start the service, and had been permitted to display cultural sites on a related service.\n\nGoogle car is presented to the media in Athens on Thursday, June 5, 2014.Image: Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated PressHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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