According to our colleagues at Paperjam, several cars bearing the Google logo and equipped with 360° cameras were spotted on Luxembourg’s roads. The last data gathering mission saw them limited to the south of the country. This time, however, they are on a mission to map the entire country.

As well as taking pictures to record the roads connecting different towns, the vehicles will capture details such as weather and traffic, Google said.

Under privacy law, the tech giant must blur images with identifiable people or property. This applies to faces and licence plates.  

Google first gathered Street View data in Luxembourg in 2009 although Street View was not launched in the Grand Duchy until 2014.  

The new data is expected to be made publicly available in the coming months in 86 countries.

The 3D mapping element for which Google was a trailblazer in 2007 was last year applied by Luxembourg City to accurately model the capital’s urban area and thus improve planning of future developments. This data, unlike that obtained by Google, is for internal use only.