Going Where No Street View Has Gone Before

Route Fifty: Santa Catalina Island and its lone city, Avalon, were incredibly hard to navigate as late as September because local street-level imagery was nonexistent.

Google Street View lacks a financial interest in mapping out-of-the-way places like Catalina, so the Pacific island southwest of Los Angeles, but still part of L.A. County, was a virtual void.

This can present challenges for first responders like firefighters, who require accurate addresses and routing in their line of work.

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