Google Street View Is Now Available In Nigeria

  When I want to go to a new place read: restaurant, I google everything I can about that place. Is there parking? Are their staff rude? What does the place and/or their food taste or look like? Everything short of being able to see the place before I go there.

Google Street View allows people explore world landmarks, discover natural wonders, and step inside locations such as museums, arenas, restaurants, and small businesses from the comfort of their homes. Basically, allowing you experience places before visiting them.

On September 1, 2009, Google started started collecting images in Africa spanning South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal and Uganda. Now, the Nigerian coverage, which was scheduled for 2017, has started. Google announced this today at the ongoing Google for Nigeria event, which has Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, in attendance.

The coverage starts with Lagos: there's now over 10km of footage of Lagos available on Google Street View via Maps; the expansion to other states will happen soon.