It’s positioned for a cat’s height. Really.
Google’s most popular mapping features is now available for everyone’s favorite furry felines. Hiroshima’s tourism board reportedly created a Street View mapping application that’s positioned at the height of a cat, as reported by Vox and the Wall Street Journal.
Did you happen to notice the latest Google Street View feature today? The feature hasn’t rolled out to many accounts yet, but it looks like a small, draggable window will be added to the Street View interface. Just move the time slider around and you’ll be able to jump through past images. Granted, Street View has only been around for a few years, so the archives only go back to 2007. A few of the events Google suggests browsing through are the building of One World Trade Center and the destruction and rebuilding of Onagawa, Japan after the 2011 earthquake. Besides being really cool, the move will save Google from having to choose a canonical Street View image for every location. If the current image is blacked-out or wrong in some way, you can just click back to the previous one…read morehere…
Very cool snow overlay created by my friend over at GoogleMapsMania
You can now explore the Zombie Manor of Death using Google Maps Street View. The Zombie Manor is an 18th Century English country house that is now haunted by the living dead. Read more here…
Google has quietly rolled out some fresh Street View imagery, and the initial look is that it’s a very substantial update…read more here
Here is a neat shot of Deadwood, South Dakota: New Google Street View
Here is a unique situation…The Google StreetView car just happens to be driving by while the Google StreetView Trike is taking pictures in Central Park! They both capture each other.
Have a lightning view of 530 funny google street views posted here over the first six months of 2013.
Today we’re adding more than 1,000 locations around the world to Google Maps, making it more comprehensive and useful for you. From historical landmarks to sports stadiums, these panoramic photos available via Street View can help you ease into vacation mode with just a few simple clicks….read more
Hyper-lapse photography – a technique combining time-lapse and sweeping camera movements typically focused on a point-of-interest – has been a growing trend on video sites. It’s not hard to find stunning examples on Vimeo. Creating them requires precision and many hours stitching together photos taken from carefully mapped locations. We aimed at making the process simpler by using Google Street View as an aid, but quickly discovered that it could be used as the source material. It worked so well, we decided to design a very usable UI around our engine and release Google Street View Hyperlapse.
The site settings are purposely low (like having a maximum of 60 frames per animation) for greater accessibility. However, all the source code is available on Github (including examples and documentation) so developers can play with higher frame rates, better image quality, and more complicated camera movements… read more here.
Introducing Google Treasure Maps! In order to help the ailing global economy Google Maps has today unveiled a new map layer, ‘Treasure Maps’.
The new Treasure Maps layer should help all fortune seekers find any nearby hidden booty. To view the Treasure Maps layer just select the button on the top right of Google Maps. If you need additional help in finding any hidden treasure, whilst in Treasure Maps, open Street View which now has a very handy black and white telescope view.
There are actually a number of hidden clues on the map. Look for icons that have numbers beside them – the numbers are map co-ordinates that you can follow to new locations. Check out the comments below for help on where to find the treasure or check out this Treasure Maps – Spoilers post.
