Google announced they about doubled the scope of their Google Maps Street View imagery, bringing it to many new locations including Springfield, Atlanta, Knoxville, Reno and others. Also, some old imagery has been expanded or updated, and Google also says they"ve rolled out their face blurring technology to all pics*. You can also now look upwards in all of their images, Google says, and looking down also won"t result in you seeing their Street View car or other obstacles.
At the moment, the Google Maps panorama photos are still only available for the US, but Street View cars were spotted in several other locations -- like in Italy ...
>>
Source Link>>Blog:
Google Blogoscoped>>Publish Date: 6/11/2008 7:09:51 AM
>>Keywords: google view
Related Posts>>Remove Faces From Google Street View # Want to get a face removed in Google Maps Street View? Now you can, even if it"s not you who"s been photographed. According to CNet"s Elinor Mills, Google changed the policy for their street view phot
>>Google Docs Fixed-Width Page View # It seems Google Docs has finally added a View menu which allows users to view their documents using the new fixed-width page layout or the standard full-width view. This layout was first spotted a cou
>>Google Maps Street View and Mapplets # The previous rumors are coming true: announced at today"s Where 2.0 conference, Google has added a feature called "Street View" in certain locations on Google Maps. Also, Google is adding developer-cr
>>Google Books Text Versions # Some of Google"s full view books can now be seen in a plain text version, additional to the existing images of text. This will allow you to copy the text for personal use, or to create a website of it
>>Google"s Presentation Application? # Dirson reports that some users, myself included, are seeing a "View as slideshow" link in Gmail when receiving PowerPoint files.
Clicking "View as slideshow" opens a new window where you can vi
>>Google"s Timeline Feature # I"m curious what interesting searches you have done with Google"s recently launched timeline operator, part of Google Experimental. To recall, adding view:timeline to any search query will now show a
>>新版Google Earth添加Sky功能 # 昨天Google发布了Google Earth最新本（版本号4.2），新版添辑一个非常强大的新功能，名为Google Sky，其中融合了地球、月球和火星的图像，可以清晰观测行星、星座，甚至是超新星爆炸，现在我们不光可以通过 Stellarium来观看星天空了。如果您也想要尝试 Google Sky 的话，请打开最新版的 Google Earth ，在菜单中选择 View -> Switch
>>Google Responds to Street View Concerns # In an interview with German Spiegel Online, Head of Google Northern Europe Philipp Schindler was questioned on the privacy implications of the new Google Street View (which shows detailed city imagery
>>New Google Maps Terrain Button # Google Maps replaced the button Hybrid with a button reading Terrain (Hybrid used to show a mix between satellite imagery and maps data, such as streets or borders). The Satellite tab in the meantime
>>Street View Van in Washington, D.C. # Jarred Taylor has an update on the subject of Google Maps Street View:
This was probably inevitable, but while walking the streets of DC today I spotted a modified VW bug with an Immersive Media de