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Google started taking Street View images in Bangalore, India, on May 26, 2011. A Google executive promised that they would do their best to avoid security concerns. [ 27 ] However, on June 20, 2011, Street View was blocked in Bangalore due to security concerns from the police in Bangalore. [ 28 ]
To celebrate World Oceans Day, which takes place on June 8, Google has released a series of new Street View imagery from the world's oceans.
For Google Street View's 10th birthday & for the user's birthday As if he is celebrating a birthday, wearing a red and white striped miniature party hat and holding three pastel violet, pink, and blue balloons in his right hand. A similar appearance was used on Street View's 15th anniversary on April 24–25, 2022. [175] Viewing past Street Views
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched in 2007 in several cities in the United States, and has since expanded to include all of the country's major and minor cities, as well as the cities and rural areas of many other countries worldwide.
Lynwood-bred multimedia artist Felix Quintana transformed images of people unwittingly captured by Google Street View by using cyanotypes.
Google Maps allows the user to start a treasure hunt by selecting the "Treasure" view from the top right. Google Maps notes that the "system may not be able to display at higher resolutions than paper print" and that the user should "take care when unfolding the map to avoid ripping it." Also, the user is warned to 'beaware [sic] of pirates'.
The game's HUD primarily features the Google Street View imagery, as well as a compass. Users can control the movement, panning, and zooming of the image, although GeoGuessr allows any of these features to be disabled for harder gameplay. [15] An inset map, using Google Maps's standard overlay, allows players to place a pin to make their guess.
A Google Maps Camera Car showcased on Google campus in Mountain View, California in November 2010. The United States was the first country to have Google Street View images and was the only country with images for over a year following introduction of the service on May 25, 2007. Early on, most locations had a limited number of views, usually ...