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Four more cities added to Google street View

Posted Aug 7th 2007 2:30PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Internet, Web services, Google

Google Street View Hollywood Blvd
Google has added Street View imagery for 4 additional cities: Orlando, Houston, San Diego, and Los Angeles. The San Diego Street Views feature high-resolution imagery similar to that used in San Francisco.

Of course, the first thing anyone does when Google announces new features is indulge their inner voyeur by seeking out the strangest possible street views. So far, the best we've found is a Stormtrooper on Hollywood Boulevard and a photo glitch that makes these two women look like they're being sucked into a digital vortex, feet first.

Anyone got something better/more bizarre?

[via Streetviewr]

Latest Google acquisition: ImageAmerica

Posted Jul 22nd 2007 11:00AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Business, Internet, Web services, IBM

Google Katrina imageryGoogle has acquired a company that makes high resolution cameras for capturing aerial images. ImageAmerica supplied Google with up to date images of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

The move will allow Google to update the imagery in Google Maps and Google Earth.

No word on how much Google paid for this latest acquisition or how long we'll have to wait before we see the new images start to appear. Product Manager Stephen Chau says Google is still in the research and development phase, so it could be a while.

In the meantime, voyeurs looking for up close and personal views of city streets will have to bide their time with Google's recently announced and somewhat creepy Street View feature.

Earthmine takes on Google Street View

Posted Jun 27th 2007 4:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Internet, Web services

Earthmine
CNet's WebWare has the scoop on a new company that's about to make Google Maps look like Mapquest. Yeah, I know, low blow.

Basically, Earthmine is working on an online mapping service that will provide street level views much more detailed than those available with Google Street View. The images are gathered using laser range-finding and still cameras. Google on the other hand, is taking its imagery from video cameras.

As you can see in the screenshot above, Earthmine will also enable the addition of tags and labels to imagery.

While Earthmine does plan to launch a consumer oriented portal, the company is looking to sell its services to businesses and government agencies.

EveryScape: Google Street View killer?

Posted Jun 13th 2007 3:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Internet, Web services

If you were impressed with Google Street View, you ain't seen nothing yet. EveryScape is a new service set to launch this fall that presents a realistic 3D view of streetscapes and public places by putting together information from 2D photos.

You can navigate through the streetscape by clicking on green arrow buttons. Where information is available, you can also click on icons to find out what buildings you're looking at, which is a nice feature. There's a sample streetscape of the area around San Francisco's Union Square up on EveryScape's website. Here's a little screengrab we did (the graphics are actually a bit more fluid than the video suggests, but our video capture software prefers low framerates.


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Based on the sample, the images appear to be more detailed than Google Street View, with no visible gaps between images.

EveryScape plans to add more cities, starting with Boston, New York and Seattle. While the streetscapes will be photographed by EveryScape photographers, the site also plans to use photos submitted by users to flesh out their offering

[via O'Reilly radar]

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