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I’m sure most of you will have heard about Google Maps newest feature dubbed Street View. However, if you haven’t, concisely, the feature that is available for select cities allows you to view street-level panoramic photography as you browse around a map location –call it a virtual tour right behind your PC. It’s really cool and we’ve spent many hours mucking around with it –we still haven’t discovered any household nudity scenes though…
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Following in the footsteps of Lamborghini and Honda, Skoda has announced that its museum in the Czech Republic can now be visited virtually on Google Maps via Google Street View. Read more »...
- Toyota Iq Collects Imagery For Street View In Belgium
[Updated] The diminutive Toyota iQ (sold under the Scion nameplate in North America) has been chosen to complete the filming of streets in Belgium that were too small for Google's traditional camera cars The "iQ Street View" project is a collaborative...
- Laguna Seca Becomes World’s First Circuit Available On Google Street View, Check It Out Here
Fancy taking a interactive tour of the Laguna Seca race circuit from the perspective of a race car participating in the final leg of the 2008 American Le Mans Series? Well, then you'll be pleased to know that famous California raceway with its 11...
- Spanish Driver Caught Soliciting Barely-dressed Lady In Google Street View
We'd like to give the driver of this Ford Transit Connect the benefit of the doubt, but somehow we don't think that he stopped to ask the provocatively (un)dressed brunette for directions - that is, unless he meant directions for the delivery...
- Google Street View Uses Pedal-powered Tricycles To Film Locations Inaccessible By Car
Google's famous street view mapping service that allows users to take a virtual walk on the roads of major cities is getting ready to extend its reach this summer with the launch of the Google Trike. In order to film areas of that are unreachable...
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Google Maps Street View: Here’s How They Did It
I’m sure most of you will have heard about Google Maps newest feature dubbed Street View. However, if you haven’t, concisely, the feature that is available for select cities allows you to view street-level panoramic photography as you browse around a map location –call it a virtual tour right behind your PC. It’s really cool and we’ve spent many hours mucking around with it –we still haven’t discovered any household nudity scenes though…
But seriously now, from what we learnt, to make Street View happen Google licensed data from companies like Immersive Media and others along with doing some work of their own. In the case of Immersive Media, the tech company uses a bunch of VW Beetles equipped with a roof mounted, high-definition camera. The camera head is one unified camera system made up of 11 lenses and sensors configured according to a dodecahedron. The 11 video streams build up maximum resolution using over 100 million pixels per second. Via: Motorpassion , Source: Immersivemedia
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- Czech Out Skoda's Museum On Google Maps
Following in the footsteps of Lamborghini and Honda, Skoda has announced that its museum in the Czech Republic can now be visited virtually on Google Maps via Google Street View. Read more »...
- Toyota Iq Collects Imagery For Street View In Belgium
[Updated] The diminutive Toyota iQ (sold under the Scion nameplate in North America) has been chosen to complete the filming of streets in Belgium that were too small for Google's traditional camera cars The "iQ Street View" project is a collaborative...
- Laguna Seca Becomes World’s First Circuit Available On Google Street View, Check It Out Here
Fancy taking a interactive tour of the Laguna Seca race circuit from the perspective of a race car participating in the final leg of the 2008 American Le Mans Series? Well, then you'll be pleased to know that famous California raceway with its 11...
- Spanish Driver Caught Soliciting Barely-dressed Lady In Google Street View
We'd like to give the driver of this Ford Transit Connect the benefit of the doubt, but somehow we don't think that he stopped to ask the provocatively (un)dressed brunette for directions - that is, unless he meant directions for the delivery...
- Google Street View Uses Pedal-powered Tricycles To Film Locations Inaccessible By Car
Google's famous street view mapping service that allows users to take a virtual walk on the roads of major cities is getting ready to extend its reach this summer with the launch of the Google Trike. In order to film areas of that are unreachable...