Upon approval granted by the Privacy authority, Google finally launched its Street View map service in Greece. As company’s officials announced, the service premiered Thursday following “extensive and detailed” negotiations with the country's Data Protection Authority that had originally blocked the project five years ago. The map service would help the crisis-hit country's vital tourism industry, said Culture Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos who described Greece as an «endless archaeological park”, on his address at the launch’s event.