Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just put up a post on their LatLong blog with some of their thoughts about privacy expectations in StreetView. It’s kind of a rambling post (paragraph break, anyone?) and there’s nothing too exciting in there, but here are some snippets: “…we designed a simple process for anyone to contact us and have their […]
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Google Maps StreetView … in 1907?
Reading Time: < 1 minThis is a neat little find by Gadling. In 1907, Rand McNally produced some “Photo Auto-maps” that they gave to drivers, which included photos with arrows to show which way to go. The rest of their article has a few more pictures from it. Very cool.
Stephen Chau, product manager for Google Maps, addresses Street View privacy issues
Reading Time: < 1 minFreakonomics has an interview with Stephen Chau, the product manager for Google Maps. Their questions all address the new Street View feature of Map. In the interview, Chau addresses some of the privacy concerns that have been raised. Some snippets: “At Google we take privacy very seriously. Street View only features imagery taken on public […]
Why did Google create Street View?
Reading Time: 2 minThe more I think about it, the more I question why Google spent so much time and money implementing “Street View”. Sure, it’s neat — but isn’t it just a temporary (and unnecessary) step? With the advancements in 3D buildings in Google Earth (and Virtual Earth, for that matter), making your own “Street View” of […]
The state of Google Maps
Reading Time: 2 minIt’s been quite a week for Google Maps. Where 2.0 and the Google Developer Day last week brought a flurry of new announcements. I’ll run through them all for you: Driving directions for the API You can now use driving directions on your API maps. Not only can you do full directions, but you can […]