Reading Time: < 1 minWhen Microsoft launched Streetside a few days ago (a direct competitor to Google’s StreetView), I wondered how they could possibly catch up with the huge amount of coverage that Google already has in place. Their answer: Navteq. Navteq has vehicles on the road all the time, collecting road data (speed limits, bridge heights, etc). Microsoft […]
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Switzerland takes Google to court over StreetView
Reading Time: < 1 minWe told you a few months ago that Switzerland wasn’t pleased with the new StreetView imagery in their country. Now they’re going to sue Google in an attempt to get the imagery removed. Google intends to fight the case. The first step will be interesting — Google may be required to remove the imagery from […]
Google Maps Navigation coming to Android 2.0
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve been saying for a while that I think Android will overtake iPhone in 2010, and recent news seems to be pointing that direction. First you have the impressive-looking Verizon Droid, which comes out in early November. By all accounts it will be an awesome device. It will be the first phone running the Android […]
Japanese StreetView is facing a variety of complaints
Reading Time: < 1 minThe Japanese version of Google StreetView is facing an increasingly higher number of complaints, about a variety of topics. Along with the usual complaints (faces, license plates), there is the issue of people using the images on secondary sites for the purposes of discrimination and bullying. To help combat this, Google has set up a […]
Google ties business listings to StreetView
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just released a nice evolutionary trait to Google Maps — linking businesses to StreetView. When searching for a business in Google Maps, you’ll now often see a link for “StreetView” in the description bubble. Clicking that takes you to a StreetView of that location. When in StreetView, you’ll see the familiar red placemark […]
A ghost town from space
Reading Time: 2 minEarth is Square has a neat post today about viewing Centralia, Pennsylanvia using fresh Bird’s Eye imagery on Bing Maps. Centralia was an active town of about 1000 residents back in the early 1980’s, but now is home to only nine people. The reason is due to an underground coal fire that’s been burning since […]
Swiss want StreetView Disabled
Reading Time: < 1 minIt’s only been up for a few days, but the Switzerland Data Protection office is asking Google to remove the StreetView imagery they’ve shot in the country. Their primary concern seems to be that “many faces and vehicle number plates had not been covered up or were insufficiently blurred”. If memory serves, that’s not even […]
New “Smart Navigation” in StreetView
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just released a new feature for StreetView that looks pretty simple, but it actually quite complex and intuitive. When viewing anything in StreetView, you’ll notice your is in the shape of an oval or a rectangle. When it’s an oval, you can double-click to quickly move to that location. When it’s a rectangle […]
Major update to Google Maps, primarly with StreetView
Reading Time: < 1 minHot on the heels of its arrival on the iPhone, the web interface of Google Maps has just received a major overhaul. In particular, the handling of StreetView is much different. Google Maps Mania has a great overview of the changes, as does the video below. Check it out!
StreetView comes to the iPhone
Reading Time: < 1 minAs we mentioned a few weeks ago, the new firmware update today for the iPhone (version 2.2) includes Google StreetView. I’m still loading the update on my phone, but I’m expecting good things. As with Google Earth for the iPhone, I would think that the multi-touch input will work very well with StreetView. We’ll see. […]