Google has recently cobbled together interactive, panoramic images of historic locations in Antarctica using its Street View technology, pseudo-first-person views of locations around the world that are made available to users of …
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How to Create Your Own Google Street View Maps
Singular photographs are great tools for sharing a memory, but Google’s photo sphere technology does a little bit more to help recreate an experience.
Google Street View to Map Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Google Street View’s reach already extends from the streets of Johannesburg to halls of the Palace of Versailles. Now the company is taking its cameras underwater to map Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
No, the idea isn’t to …
Google Street View Goes Off-Roading
Google Street View isn’t going to let the “street” part define it anymore. That’s right, Google Maps wants to include more than just a view of the roads–it’s going off-roading, on… a tricycle.
Despite a variety of complaints and lawsuits that claim Google Street View is an invasion of privacy, the company is forging ahead into new …
Alas, There Will Be No More Google Street View in Germany
Auf wiedersehen, Google Street View. There’s going to be no more new street view pictures in Germany, says the search engine company.
Google isn’t taking any of the old Street View pictures down, but they’re not adding or updating any either. Street View was just launched in Germany last summer, but was scrutinized for its …
Google Street View Cameras Map Popular Grand Canyon Trails
The search giant now has brought its all-seeing eyes – mounted for the first time on a backpack – down into the Grand Canyon, showcasing the attraction’s most popular hiking trails on the South Rim and other walkways.
Google’s Street View Website Gets Revamped
After unveiling its lovably dinky trike a few weeks ago, Google Street View has updated its homepage to give users a behind-the-scenes peek at how the Street View team operates.
This added transparency is not without reason, as Google Street View continues to be mired in controversies around the globe concerning privacy. The new site …
Explore NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with Google Street View
It’s time to get excited about NASA again! Yes, with Curiosity hopefully landing safe and sound on the surface of Mars early Monday morning, people are once again talking about space travel.
Before getting images back from …
Google Pedals Street View Trike Through Roman Colosseum, Other Touristy Sites
Planning a vacation around Europe? Don’t bother. Google has captured all of it on Street View by now. All of it. These newfangled Street View trikes let Google go where no car can, joining hoards of black-socks-with-sandals tourists inside the Roman Colosseum, the Baths of Diocletian, the Cupola in Florence and Chateau de Fontainebleau …
You Can Now Explore the Amazon with Google Street View
Let us venture deep into the heart of the Amazon like Klaus Kinski. It won’t be easy; you’ll need to sit in your chair and, possibly, grab another Mountain Dew from the fridge. That’s because Google has finally brought the Amazon …
Better than 3D Maps from Apple and Google? Hover Aims for Ground-Level Detail with Practical Value
Apple and Google have each announced visually dazzling 3D mapping software that lets you pan around major metropolitan areas rendered in beautiful, photographic detail from a bird’s eye view.
In Google’s case, it’s an update …
