Tagged: Street View
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Google hikes the Grand Canyon for Google Maps News
25.10.2012 Internet search giant Google is going where no vehicle has gone before to capture the majesty of the Grand Canyon in the state of Arizona in the US by using backpack-mounted... -
Google Maps makes its biggest update yet - spanning 17 countries and 402,336 kilometres News
11.10.2012 Google Maps has completed its biggest ever Street View yet, doubling the number of special collections and updating more than 402,336 kilometres (250,000 miles) of roads around... -
Google Maps to introduce Street View for mobile browsers News
04.10.2012 Google Maps is making Street View available on mobile browsers, bringing panoramic, street-level imagery to users’ handsets for on-the-go navigation. -
Google Maps goes to new depths with underwater panoramic images (video) News
26.09.2012 Google Maps has introduced its first underwater Street View collection, letting users get up close to six living coral reefs in Australia, Hawaii and the Philippines without...Categories: Search Engines, Search -
Buildings with panoramic interior images now highlighted on Google Maps (video) News
19.09.2012 Google has now made it easier for users to discover which buildings in Google Maps have panoramic images of their interiors that can be explored using the service. -
Google Street View offers new imagery of Brazil and Mexican sites News
17.08.2012 Internet search giant Google is enabling virtual travellers to further explore Brazil and Mexico through new imagery on its Street View service in Google Maps. -
Google fails to delete all Street View 'payload' data News
27.07.2012 Google has admitted that it failed to delete all “payload data” collected by its Street View vehicles and that it aims to proceed with destroying the remaining data.Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Search Engines, Search, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Data Management -
Google updates Google Maps with more detailed and accurate info and geocoding News
19.07.2012 Google Maps has been given an upgrade across the world with more detailed mapping information. New improved features include better geocoding coverage and accuracy, new walking... -
Google Street View to be probed by UK privacy watchdog News
28.05.2012 The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) intends to reopen an investigation into the privacy impact of Google’s Street View cars after it emerged the vehicles gathered... -
Google engineer behind Street View Wi-Fi probe outed News
01.05.2012 Engineer Doe, the mysterious Google engineer who wrote the code that allowed Google’s Street View cars to gather private Wi-Fi data that raised privacy hackles in countries... -
Google launches ‘indoor’ Street View for businesses in Europe News
01.05.2012 Google’s Business Photos Program has gone live in Europe, offering businesses the ability to allow Google Maps Street View users to see inside their premises with 360-degree...Categories: Search, Online Business, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Design, Apps, Search Engines, Software & Web Development -
FCC fines Google US$25,000 over Street View News
16.04.2012 Internet search giant Google is to pay US$25,000 for collecting personal information without permission and an impeding an investigation. -
Google and Historypin launch interactive Diamond Jubilee gallery News
13.03.2012 Internet search giant Google has joined forces with Historypin to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee with an interactive online gallery spanning her 60 years on the... -
Apple and Google sued over Street View maps News
28.02.2012 Florida-based PanoMap Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google, alleging the companies have infringed on its mapping technology via the Google Maps Street View...Categories: Web 2.0, R&D, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Google shows tsunami-struck Japan through Street View News
13.12.2011 Google has delivered on a promise to capture in 360-degree panoramic views the areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Street View teams roamed across 44,000... -
Weekend news roundup News
14.11.2011 Some of the top tech stories from the weekend newspapers, including Apple's courting of educators to unleash the next education revolution, Peter Thiel's interest in healthcare... -
Google Street View to float down the Amazon River News
18.08.2011 Forget about walking the streets of your favourite cities from your armchair, soon you’ll be able to float down the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers in northwest Brazil and explore... -
A funny thing happened to Street View on the way to forum News
30.03.2011 The Google trike knows no bounds and has successfully brought Street View to landmark sites in Italy and France, including UNESCO sites in Rome, Florence and chateaux in France. -
France fines Google €100,000 over Street View privacy breach News
21.03.2011 France’s data protection regulator has fined Google €100,000 after the search company accidentally collected private information through its Street View vehicles. -
Daft releases Android app News
02.02.2011 Irish property website Daft has released an Android app, featuring Google Street View and Google Navigation integration.