May 24
The Catlin Seaview Survey
Apr 08
The Guardian has a nice collection of album covers embedded in Google Streetview images. I’m surprised they didn’t make Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, but Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Beastie Boys will do it for me.
Mar 13
Those intrepid Googlers
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Nov 26
Google Street View adds panoramic peeks at airports, train stations and subway stops
Posted in: Today's Chili
Mountain View’s panoramic Street View may let you virtually explore Venice, dozens of North American parks and even the inside of an Oberon-class submarine, but until now, you had to figure out the train station on your own. Not anymore; Google’s latest Maps update focuses on the journey, adding Street Views of over 50 train and subway stations, 16 international airports and even a cable car station in Hong Kong. Google pitches the new views as an easy way to hammer out the physical logistics of travel, though it seems to cater to international travelers: so far, almost all of the updated panoramics are located outside of US borders. Still, we can’t complain — Street View is now the fastest way to get through airport security.
Filed under: Google
Source: Google Maps (1), (2)
Sep 26
Previously, free rein to explore the labyrinthine laboratory that is CERN has been granted only to the lucky, or those with four degrees and an aptitude for finding theoretical particles. That changes today, however, as anyone can now explore the home of the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland through Google Street View. All the imagery was captured back in 2011, but it’s finally been stitched together, allowing you to wander freely around the site of the famous particle accelerator and learn a little about its experiments. Hit up Google Views to begin your personal guided tour, and let us know if you spot this Higgs fellow everyone’s so keen on finding.
Filed under: Science, Internet, Alt, Google
Source: Google Views, Google Europe Blog
Sep 12
Darwin for a Day lets you play scientist, explore the Galapagos in Street View
Posted in: Today's Chili
You can’t turn back time and become the father of the theory of evolution, sorry. But, thanks to Google, Galapagos National Park, the Charles Darwin Foundation and iNaturalist you can pretend to be a 19th century British naturalist. Today, the Mountain View crew unveiled their 360-degree Street View imagery of the Galapagos Islands that it captured back in May. While you could certainly just drop the little yellow man down and start virtually strolling the paths of this volcanic archipelago with its countless unique species of flora and fauna, the groups have much more planned. For starters, there’s Darwin for a Day, a site created by the Charles Darwin Foundation and iNaturalist that asks for people to play armchair scientist. You explore the islands through Street View and, as you spot plants and animals, you can catalog them and take notes on their appearance. Those observations will then be reviewed by researchers on the island who continue to discover new things about Galapagos’ myriad endemic species.
Source: Google Lat Long Blog
Sep 11
Exercise-driven video tours are nothing new, but Active Theory may have a found a way to keep them interesting with its upcoming BitGym app for Android and iOS. The motion-tracking fitness title will now include Street View Hyperlapse videos that take athletes across whole regions, like New York City or a European country, in less than 40 minutes. Only six videos will be available to start, but the company won’t have trouble adding more tours when there’s plenty of places to go in Street View. Active Theory warns that Hyperlapse might disappear; Google’s terms of service for Street View reportedly leave such clips in a gray area, which could lead to a takedown. If you’re willing to take a chance on the concept, however, you can fund BitGym’s Kickstarter project today.
Source: Kickstarter
Sep 11
Ever wonder how Motorola’s stateside assembly of the Moto X compares to giants such as Foxconn? Well, now you can go on a digital tour of the facility via Google Street View — that is if our extensive gallery of up-close-and-personal photos doesn’t do it for you. Google and Motorola have introduced the new virtual destination to celebrate the Fort Worth factory’s official launch, so anyone with internet connection can check out where the company assembles the 100,000 phones it ships each week. And if you’re tired of looking at sterile white factory walls, you can always use Street View to coo at animals, climb lofty buildings and conquer mountains instead.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google
Source: Motorola
Sep 10
Google denied dismissal of wiretapping claims in Street View data snooping suit
Posted in: Today's Chili
Google’s already vowed to pony up $7 million and destroy passwords, emails and other data collected from unsecured WiFi networks through its Street View cars, but the damage won’t stop there. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the company’s attempt to dismiss wiretapping claims in a class action suit over the debacle. Page and Co. argued their actions could pass under a wiretap exemption since data transmitted over WiFi is an electronic communication that’s easily accessible to the public. However, the panel of judges didn’t buy the search giant’s argument. “Wi-Fi transmissions are not ‘readily accessible’ to the ‘general public’ because most of the general public lacks the expertise to intercept and decode payload data transmitted over a Wi-Fi network,” Judge Jay Bybee explained. Secondly, the court ruled that the data transmitted over WiFi can’t be classified as mostly audio, so it falls “outside of the definition of a ‘radio communication.'”
“We are disappointed in the Ninth Circuit’s decision and are considering our next steps,” a Google spokesperson told Bloomberg. Now that Mountain View isn’t getting off this hook, expect it to dish out more compensation soon.
Filed under: Google
Via: AllThingsD
Aug 28
When Google’s army of Street View vehicles takes to the streets, there’s no telling what those wandering eyes will see. Still it’s hard to believe that a Google Street View camera captured a space shuttle flying over the New Jersey Turnpike towards New York City.
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