Talk:Google Street View in Antarctica

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by History6042 talk 01:46, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that Google Street View in Antarctica started as a "challenge"?

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• • ALT1: ... that one of the first images for Google Street View in Antarctica displays chinstrap penguins? Source:
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ben Lashes 2

5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 31 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 14:09, 19 June 2025 (UTC).

• Google Street in Antarctica exists?! Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:03, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: That this exists is interesting by itself! Article looks good, nice work. Hooks look alright. Should be good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:36, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

GA review

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Nominator: Arconning (talk · contribs) 14:06, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: GoldRomean (talk · contribs) 01:55, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi! I will take this review, long as you don't mind if I possibly take up to one or two weeks to go through it. Cheers, GoldRomean (talk) 02:35, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@GoldRomean Of course! No worries, thank you so much! Arconning (talk) 03:43, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@Arconning - initial review should be all done. Sorry again for the delay! GoldRomean (talk) 17:14, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

@GoldRomean I believe I'm done! Arconning (talk) 02:35, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

All looks good. Passing :). GoldRomean (talk) 02:59, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

@Arconning - I wasn’t quite sure where to put this in WP:GA so if you don’t mind, you might need to list it yourself :). GoldRomean (talk) 03:06, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Comments

• Any more recent updates on current coverage?
  • Not really, just Google Maps and not Street View.
• Wow, nice job taking this from stub to B/GAN!
• No copyvios, Earwig gives 17.4%.

Image

• Suggest caption change to The South Pole Telescope (pictured in 2018), one of the locations in the continent available on Google Street View.
  • Done.
• Public Domain.

Criteria

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Prose

Lead

• Starting in 2010, Google Street View had uploaded multiple locations of Antarctica to the site. to Starting in 2010, multiple locations of Antarctica have been uploaded to Google Street View
  • Done.
• I think taken by Brian McClendon and his wife during a trip might be too much detail.
  • Done.
• Merge Google Street View subsequently released a virtual tour of the South Pole Telescope under a collaboration with the University of Melbourne. Images of King George Island were uploaded in 2020 by a project headed by brothers Nicolás and Santiago Bianchi. to something like … University of Melbourne, and images of…
  • Done.
• Mentioning the brothers might be too much detail, maybe remove brothers Nicolas and Santiago Bianchi.
  • It was their own personal project and not a Google-sponsored trip so I chose to retain it. I'll put some information regarding how users could upload their own images at the time in the body.

Background

• Remove for the site both times it’s mentioned, I don’t think it’s needed.
  • Done.
• I think the last sentence can be merged to the section below.
  • Done.

Expansion in Antarctica

• If you choose to do the above, I suggest the following phrasing: The Geo Team for Google Street View wanted to "challenge" themselves to record more remote locations. As a result, alongside Brazil and Ireland, coverage…
  • Done.
• Suggested Two images were taken of the Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica for Google Street view were added at the time; one image with chinstrap penguins and one image showing its coast. The images were taken by McClendon and his wife during a visit on the island. to Two images taken of the Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica during a visit by McClendon and his wife were added at the time; one with chinstrap penguins and one showing its coast.
  • Done.
• Also elaborate on “its coast” above.
  • I'll add a wikilink.
• Remove had from they had collaborated.
  • Done.
• Remove comma after New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust.
  • Done.
• As part of Google Maps' World Wonders project to In 2012, as part of….
  • Done.
• using a fish eye lens for the site
  • Done.
• Remove “had” from had stated.
  • Done.
• I don’t understand to make information such as these to be accessible to other remote locations.
  • Reworded.
• The following year, Google Street View had released four new captures of locations in the continent. These included three valleys, namely the Arena Valley, Beacon Valley, Hidden Valley, and Camp Royds. to The following year, Google Street View released four new captures of locations in the continent, including the Arena Valley, Beacon Valley, Hidden Valley, and Camp Royds.
  • Done.
• … planned to take images of King George Island for the feature though had to cancel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project took place the following year during one of the Institute's trips to dispose of trash and deliver supplies, where they had generated five gigabytes of data regarding the images per kilometer. With the approval of Google Street View, the images were uploaded. to … planned to take images of King George Island for the feature. Although they initially had to cancel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project took place the following year during one of the Institute's trips to dispose of trash and deliver supplies. Five gigabytes of data regarding the images were generated per kilometer, and the images were uploaded with the approval of Google Street View.
  • Done.
• Sorry for the big diffs!

Sources

• [3] - Source doesn’t mention chinstrap penguins or the coast specifically, though I suppose it’s implied/obvious by images?
  • The discover citation supports it.
•  Pass - [7]

•  Pass - [10] - Again not directly mentioned but inferred, but this is a pass. Isn’t this technically primary though?
  • It is but I don't see any issues on using it, case by case basis.

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