Virtual Earth Team - Streetlevel
- Posted: Feb 28, 2006 at 10:27 AM
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Think satellite and birds-eye imagery was cool? Wait until you see streetlevel! Seattle alone is 10 million images. Check out this prototype at
http://preview.local.live.com. More info is on the
MSN Search Blog.
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One word.
Awesome.
(I am too dazzled to say more)
P.S. I just wanted to be the first one to post here (instead of Zeo).
Edit: Well, I wasn't the first...but neither was Zeo.
Been checking up on this for updates nearly all day, great to hear it's finaly up and running!
WHOW AMAZING!!!
But what happends when the pizza shop becomes another store or moves? How long will it take before it updates?
How do they got rid of all the privacy stuff, like number plates of cars and faces of people, etc.?
Btw. What is the key for using the gas thing that is lying in front, like the one they use in 2 fast 2 furious:)
Well technically no I'm not the first....but in a way I beat C9 to posting on this concept.....
Check it out:
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=166485
You should read some of the comments on Digg, bashing the product left right and center obviously. I cant wait to read the comments on Slashdot when they post it
I got so annoyed with the ignorant nature of the slashdot news, I removed it from my google home page
Again, this is really cool. I can't wait to see how it evolves.
I must commend the team for making this cross-browser friendly though, I was worried it wouldn't work in my favourite browser, especially since even Live Mail apparently doesn't work in my favourite browser.
The XBOX marketing people should get views from PGR3 behind a web interface like this, the 'virtual view' could just be an alternative layer to the street view.
(OK perhaps no real practical use, but a fun thing to do!)
Cool! Do you have anything in place to protect privacy? Can license plates of cars in front of the camera van be read?
It's nice to see this happening on a larger scale now.
Notice the plentitude of cameras on the top of the van. Kind of looks like an old ambulance!
Side A
http://tiles.preview.local.live.com/Striptiles/0230102033312312223/Strip_010722050958_5496_0_2.jpg
Side B
http://tiles.preview.local.live.com/Striptiles/0230102033312312223/Strip_010722050958_5496_0_3.jpg
On http://local.live.com Brussels, Belgium is just a dot (1 million inhabitants...)
On Google Earth I can almost see the cars in Brussels...
Peter, Antwerp (pop 500,000 - not a single street visible)
Belgium, Europe
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