Google Street View – Making Bengaluru 3D Ready!

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Google Street View – Making Bengaluru 3D ready!

Shrinivas

June 3, 2011

What is Street View?

Google Street View Pegman Street View is Google’s one of service which is embedded in Google Maps. Google Maps with Street View lets you explore places around the world by dragging the orange “Pegman” icon on the left-hand side of the map. With the help of Street View it is possible to check out restaurants, beaches, historical places and visit neighborhoods, or plan your next trip. Along with that you can walk, rotate and jump in 3D area virtually by pressing appropriate buttons in street view mode. Street view is already available in more than 27 countries in the world.

Why Bengaluru?

Google has announced this service in Bengaluru as it is known as the IT capital of India. According to the officials of Google this service is very useful for urban development planners, law enforcement agencies, house hunters, and travelers. Businesses can also benefit from the Street View technology by embedding Google Maps directly into their site for free. Hotels can use it to show their infrastructure and facilities in 3D.

People & Privacy?

As we all of us know Google doesn’t compromise with privacy, the officials of the google say that they have developed the advanced technology which works effectively to blur human face and vehicle number plates. According to Google, Street View is designed to comply with all local laws including those related to security and privacy in India.

How do they do it?

Google cars and special three-wheelers with a camera system mounted on top have already started taking the imagery of various parts of Bengaluru city and nearing areas. This process take some time as every street should be covered and added to the Google Map with face blur and privacy control. Here is the sample of Google Street View http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/ (The Colosseum, Rome, Italy)

10 COMMENTS

Shrinivas June 9, 2011 At 7:08 AM

Thanks!.. @tech crates @amith vikram @dhruv patel

amith vikram June 7, 2011 At 4:35 PM

will also help pub hunters of the city…….nice one.

Tech Crates June 7, 2011 At 2:52 PM

Wow… awaiting this feature in Hyderabad 🙂 Pretty much excited !!

Swaroop Naik June 6, 2011 At 7:59 PM

Awesome article. Make use of this service. Best article I ve ever seen!

Shrinivas June 6, 2011 At 8:03 AM

Dear Nasif, both Bengaluru and Bangalore are same, formerly it was Bangalore and renamed as Bengaluru by the Government of Karnataka.

Nasif June 5, 2011 At 10:04 PM

Good to hear that Google will take 3D snapshots of Bengaluru. Are bangalore and begaluru same ?

Vivek June 5, 2011 At 8:45 PM

Good information about google’s street view service, nice to see our bengaluru in 3D.

Shrinivas June 4, 2011 At 7:54 AM

Thanks for your comments..

Bharath June 4, 2011 At 12:19 AM

Good Article, It helped me 🙂

Suraj @Smartfatblogger June 3, 2011 At 11:42 PM

Very nice.
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What is Street View?

Why Bengaluru?

People & Privacy?

How do they do it?

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