History of Google Street View / Mongolia
In October 2014, Google officially announced with various Mongolian Government authorities that it was going to introduce street view to the city of Ulaanbaatar.[1] In March 2015, the Google Street View vehicle photographed parts of Darkhan's cities in addition to photographing historical sites such as the City's Buddha Statue.[2]
At the end of March 2015, Google Street View cars began photographing part of Erdenet.[3] In June 2015, the Google Street View car went to photograph the Aimag of Dornod specifically Choibalsan and Khalkhgol.[4] In addition, in June this year, Google also photographed Aimag de Selenge, where part of the avenues of Sukhbaatar were covered as well as several monasteries and Buddhist monuments.[5]
Between August and September 2015, Google photographed parts of the city of Murun as well as lakes and nature reserves in the Aimag of Hövsgöl.[6]
In the middle of 2016, Google covered more cities in central and western Mongolia as well as several trails in national parks, such as Altai Tavan Bogd National Park (Mongolian: Алтай Таван Богд БЦГ), Khyargas Lake (Mongolian: Хяргас Нуур БЦГ) & Khan Khokhii (Mongolian: Хан Хөхий БЦГ).
The Street View project was also supported by the National Museum of Mongolia (Mongolian: Монголын Үндэсний Музей) to digitize part of the museum's rooms and collections.[7] In addition, Google has collaborated with several historical museums in Ulaanbaatar such as the Bogd Khan Palace Museum where discussions to add the museum to street view were held in June 2014.[8]
In 2017, Google introduced views made with traditional house tripods in several countries around the world, including yurts in Mongolia.[9] In August 2022, it was announced that part of Ulaanbaatar had been upgraded using poor quality cameras.[10]
In 2023, it was announced that the street view update project in Ulaanbaatar would replace the unofficial cameras with Gen 4 Trekkers provided by Google.[11] In June 2024, Google confirmed that it was going to cover part of western Mongolia including cities such as Darkhan.[12]
History
Note: We take into account the date when the coverage was taken, not the date when it was published.
Source: Mongolia's Coverage Dates - Emily Geo Website
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Gallery
Gen 3 Trekkers
Gen 4 Trekkers
Gen 3 Cameras
Gen 4 Cameras
References
Enkhmaa, O. (2014-10-22) "Google “Street View” нээлтээ хийлээ" [Translation: Google has launched Street View] Mongolian National Public Radio and Television (in Mongolian)
Uchral, B. (2015-03-21) "Google Street View: Найрамдлын Дархан хотыг зориод ирлээ" [Translation: Google Street View has arrived in Darkhan City.] Ikon (in Mongolian)
"Эрдэнэт хот “Google street view”-д нэгдлээ" [Translation: Erdenet city has joined "Google street view"] (2015-03-27) News.mn (in Mongolian)
"Дорнод аймгийн Халхгол сум “Google Street View”-д нэгдлээ" [Translation: Khalkhgol sum of Dornod Aimag has joined Google Street View] (2015-06-22) Халхгол сум via Facebook (in Mongolian)
Byambasuren, B. (2015-06-06) "Google Street View: Сэлэнгэ аймгаар..." [Translation: Google Street View: Selenge Aimag] Ikon (in Mongolian)
Uchral, B. (2015-10-01) "Google Street View: Дархадын цэнхэр хотгороор аялав" [Translation: Google Street View: Travel through the blue Darkhad Valley] Ikon (in Mongolian)
"Монгол Улс “Google Street View”-д нэгдлээ" (2015-07-03) News.mn (in Mongolian)
Uchral, B. (2016-04-21) "Богд Хааны Ордон Музей ба Google Art Project" [Translation: Bogd Royal Palace Museum and Google Art Project] Ikon.mn (in Mongolian)
Seamster, R. (2017-08-16) "There’s no place like home, in Google Earth" Google The Keyword
"Map of Ulaanbaatar city in ‘Google street view’ to be updated" VisitUlaanbaatar
"“Google Street View” дэх Улаанбаатар хотын зураглалыг шинэчилж байна" [Translation: The map of Ulaanbaatar city in Google Street View is being updated] (2023-12-20) Bodi Group
"Авто зам дагуух үйлчилгээний цогцолборуудын мэдээллийг Googlemap-д байршуулна" (2024-06-18) Ministry of Road and Transport Development of Mongolia via Facebook (in Mongolian)
