The Germans got their Lederhosen in a twist over concerns of data protection where Street View is concerned.
They have now come to an agreement with Google and Street View is being slowly rolled out, mostly in the big cities at the moment.
The main sticking point is that residents can lodge objections to their property being shown on Street View, so Google have to take these objections into account and blank out any such property, as they do with faces and vehicle registrations elsewhere.