Recently the Google Street View footage for the area I live in got updated. This got me thinking: Google Street View is a time capsule. I’m quite sure that one day we’ll be able to time travel through the captured footage. GooBing Detroit is a project compares old and new GSV footage from the Detroit …
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Upgrades for Google Maps Street View
Google is rolling out upgraded cars with upgraded camera rigs to capture Street View imagery. The new camera rig will help capture photos that are clearer, higher in resolution, and more vivid in color. Like the old design, the rig will attach to a vehicle’s roof, but the smaller ball on top now features just …
Night Walk
“Night Walk” takes you on an immersive journey through lively Cours Julien, a neighbourhood of Marseille famous for its unique atmosphere and street art. Listening to your guides Julie and Christophe, you can wander around the vibrant streets as if you were really there, thanks to 360-degree panoramas that we captured at night. Your walk …
Google Street View Wifi Snooping Cover-Up
Image Courtesy Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The engineer who wrote the code to capture the data told his managers about it. He told his colleagues about it. He wrote the code in his “20% time” – the “spare” time that Google allows staff to do projects that interest them – and it was then incorporated into …
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