Google Maps now lets you tour the parks of the world
Google Maps got a leaf-filled refresh on Tuesday with the addition detailed images of a couple hundred of the world’s most famous parks.
The 360-degree images of the parks, captured by the nimble Street View trike, represent roughly a year of cross-country tricycle voyages, Google product manager Ryan Falor said in a blog post announcing the update.
Featured parks include the world-famous High Line Park in New York City, Koganei Park in Tokyo and Kensington … Continue Reading
Google Maps rolls out business interiors in Street View
Google is taking its Street View feature indoors. The company announced last May it would be taking interior shots of stores, but now it is moving out of its pilot phase with more 360 degree interiors cropping up online.
Street View on Google Maps has provided many hours of novel entertainment in looking up houses, friends’ houses, your elementary school, that park you fell asleep in that one time. But satisfying a small bit of … Continue Reading
Google stops snapping Street View pics in Germany
Google’s Street View cars are meticulously crawling the world, taking pictures of every street so that we can all be virtual tourists. But those cars won’t be doing that in Germany anymore.
Google has decided it will no longer launch “new imagery on Street View in Germany.” The decision suggests that the company will have to occasionally back down from its mission of digitizing the entire world’s information when it runs into privacy concerns.
The … Continue Reading
Ten challenges facing Google's new CEO Larry Page
Larry Page takes over Monday as chief executive of Google, one of the most successful tech companies of all time. As co-founder, Page has been instrumental in the company’s success from the very start. But the company must overcome a number of challenges in the years ahead, if it is to be all it can be.
As he takes over from Eric Schmidt, Page has a lot of wind at his back. Google is one … Continue Reading
Google Earth 6 adds integrated Street View, 3D trees
This morning, Google released version 6 of its desktop-based 3D mapping tool, Google Earth. The update adds integrated Street View, 3D trees, and an easier way to access historical imagery.
The features, while not likely to matter in the short term to Google’s ad-driven revenues, signal the Web search giant’s intent to stay on the cutting edge of mapping technology as it expands into the potentially lucrative market for local, geographically targeted search.
Most notably, … Continue Reading
South Korean police raid Google's Korea office
Police raided the offices of Google in South Korea as part of an investigation into whether the company had illegally collected and stored personal wireless data.
The search giant is facing lawsuits and investigations in several countries related to data collected for its Street View service. Street View lets users view panoramic street scenes on Google Maps. Google captures the data by sending cars equipped with 360-degree cameras through streets. But the company discovered that … Continue Reading
Roundup: Nextag, ThisNext, Amp'd, Lala, Ask3D and much more
Police raided the offices of Google in South Korea as part of an investigation into whether the company had illegally collected and stored personal wireless data.
The search giant is facing lawsuits and investigations in several countries related to data collected for its Street View service. Street View lets users view panoramic street scenes on Google Maps. Google captures the data by sending cars equipped with 360-degree cameras through streets. But the company discovered that … Continue Reading
Google launches Street View, and check out EveryScape's magic carpet
Police raided the offices of Google in South Korea as part of an investigation into whether the company had illegally collected and stored personal wireless data.
The search giant is facing lawsuits and investigations in several countries related to data collected for its Street View service. Street View lets users view panoramic street scenes on Google Maps. Google captures the data by sending cars equipped with 360-degree cameras through streets. But the company discovered that … Continue Reading
