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During the last few months, several mapping companies have been photographing a lot of places in Serbia, this is one of the few times this has happened. The American companies Google and Apple have sent special 360 cameras to photograph large parts of urban areas while the Russian company Yandex has started the process of adding panoramic images of streets in this country for the first time.
Unfortunately we have not had many sightings of Google vehicles in Serbia but thanks to the help of several users we were able to confirm that they are using pickups equipped with Gen 4 Trekkers. In early September 2024, social media users spotted these pickups circulating in residential areas around Kraljevo (Cyrillic: Краљево) in the Raška District. (Source: Druga Priča Kraljevo via FB)
Later in late October, a Gen 4 Pickup was spotted driving on Maršala Tolbuhina Boulevard (Cyrillic: Булевар маршала Толбухина) in Novi Beograd.
Apple
The Apple Maps vehicles have been rolled out across the southern part of the country covering quite a lot of residential areas as well as highways.
On October 1, the Moj grad SM published a report about the sighting of an Apple Look Around vehicle in the town of Sremska Mitrovica (Cyrillic: Сремска Митровица) located in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Cyrillic: Војводина) in the north of the country (Source: Moj Grad SM via IG).
On October 7, users reported the Apple Maps vehicle driving through residential areas of the city of Niš (Cyrillic: Ниш), the country's third largest city. (Source: @beba.beki via TikTok)
On October 8, several users reported seeing Apple Maps vehicles driving along the main avenues of Leskovac (Cyrillic: Лесковац) in the district of Jablanica (Cyrillic: Јабланички округ ; Romanization: Jablanički okrug) (Source: @carspotting_le / Zdravkovicc via TikTok + Jugmedia via FB).
On October 10, social media users again found these Apple vehicles in another Serbian city, specifically Vranje (Cyrillic: Врање) located in Pčinja District (Cyrillic: Пчињски округ ; Romanization: Pčinjski okrug) (Source: Filip Stoilković via TikTok) On October 12, several Apple Maps vehicles were moved to the city of Čačak (Cyrillic: Чачак) in the Moravica District. (Source: Kosta Vasiljevic via TikTok) Additionally, the Apple Maps team started to expand into several rural areas in the district such as Bujanovac (Cyrillic: Бyjaнoвaц) (Source: MK4 via Tiktok)
Subsequently, on October 14, an Apple Maps Car was spotted driving around Novi Pazar (Cyrllic: Нови Пазар) in the Raška District (Cyrillic: Рашки округ ; Romanization: Raški okrug) in the south-west of the country, it should be noted that Google Street View does not have any coverage in this city. (Source: Amar via TikTok)
A few days later, specifically on October 16, Google Maps vehicles were reported driving around the historical centre of Gornji Milanovac, covering the area around the Holy Trinity Church (Cyrillic: Црква Свете Тројице у Горњем Милановцу ; Romanisation: Crkva Svete Trojice u Gornjem Milanovcu). (Source: Dejan Ilić via FB)
Yandex
On September 17, 2024, the Blokovi.com account confirmed the sighting of a Yandex vehicle photographing Dr Ivan Ribar (Cyrillic: Др Иван Рибар) Avenue in the suburb of Novi Beograd. (Source: blokovi via Twitter)
Unlike its other competitors, for the moment Yandex has mainly focused on covering the Belgrade metropolitan area, hopefully the vehicles will also cover other areas of the country.
Notes
- Written by Seb on October 28, 2024
- If you have information or a picture of any of these Street View cars, you can send it to this form
- Many thanks to Nezzo and MarkoJoz for finding the Google Maps spots in Serbia.
