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I want to escalate this matter because it has been more than a year since these captures were taken, and in areas where these vehicles may have driven, the current imagery is out of date, or the coverage is incomplete.

Smallcam, a compact version of the Gen 4 camera system, was introduced in 2022; its first US coverage was projected to be released in late 2023, but it somehow never happened. I picked up some Smallcam sightings, as well as links to Street View imagery in the Bay Area where regular cars were followed by Smallcam, just for further information.

In the Bay Area, there are shots where one or more Smallcam vehicles is noticeable, for example https://maps.app.goo.gl/kJMhFBh49SkDJ91f6 and https://maps.app.goo.gl/zcsUbrTDaRTY9Q2y5. However, only the regular car side is published, and not Smallcam.

In other areas, especially where Smallcam has driven alone, this coverage does not exist. In of the sightings attached, a Smallcam vehicle drove through a rural road in Colorado, where its imagery has largely been stuck on poor-quality Gen 1 coverage, and the newer imagery is yet to be released (location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TfD929vmvd7MiSWn9).

The only reason why I wanted this coverage to be published is that this camera system has the same picture quality as Gen 4, with a few notable differences. As of now, the only two countries that have received Smallcam coverage are Switzerland and Puerto Rico. So, if this imagery can be released in the US alongside the 2016-17 Gen 4 imagery (issue 266309501) and the incomplete Los Angeles-area Gen 4 coverage from the summer of 2018 (issue 346378699), I would be happy to see that the country would finally see its first Smallcam coverage.

Please take this into consideration.