NEW DELHI: The wait to see street-level and 360-degree views of Indian cities and tourist spots in Google maps just got longer.

As of now, the Centre has denied permission to Google to cover India through its street view application citing security considerations, officials said on Thursday.

Most of the images for the street view application are captured by cameras mounted on cars but some are also taken from tricycles, boats, snowmobiles and camels or by trekkers and underwater apparatus.
The online images are accessible to all.