Who takes the pictures for street view satellite mapping?

Question

Who takes the pictures for street view satellite mapping?

Answer 1

The pictures are taken by the satellite using computer controlled cameras.  So the answer is "the satellite," or "nobody."

Answer 2

They have cameras mounted on top of vehicles and hire people to drive around certain routes ie., Google.

Answer 3

Google has hired a company which has several vehicles which are equiped with a rooftop rig that takes pictures all the way around at specific distances and records the GPS readings at very good accuracies with each picture.