Last week Google unveiled full Street View coverage for Google Maps in the United Kingdom. Around 238,000 miles of UK public roads are now available in Street View according to a Google press release.

As everybody knows, Google cars collecting Street View picture are indeed what Tele Atlas and NAVTEQ usually call “mapping vans”, fitted with the latest technologies. Besides offering nice pictures of the sunny Kingdom, a full Street View coverage indicates that the Mountain View company is getting closer to launch their own UK maps instead of relying on Tele Atlas data and their partner Ordnance Survey.

We can also expect soon thereafter their free mobile navigation system to hit the market as they did in the United States.

Google has also built a nationwide coverage of Street View for Spain, France and Italy, they said in the same press release. In addition, they have an agreement with Dutch map maker Automotive Navigation Data (AND) to use their navigable maps of Western Europe, comprising of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

The future will tell if Google Maps navigation will first launch in the UK or if they will wait to go for a wider move, at least across Western Europe.