Google Earth ?????

Unless you've been under a rock this past week, you've likely heard about Google Maps new Street View feature. In a few select cities you can now view a street-level, panoramic photograph of the selected area--not exactly an original feature but novel nonetheless. The photos might only have been available for a few days now but folks are already loving, hating and complaining about them (check the link below for the story of a distressed, cat-owning privacy advocate). So how did they do it? It turns out that in some cities like New York, Google licensed the panoramic photos from Immersive Media, a company that specializes in 360-degree videos. The folks at Immersive drive around special vehicles that are outfitted with an 11-camera device on the top of their hood. That's not the only way that Google is getting their photos, however: the company has allegedly been driving its own van, outfitted with higher-res cameras than those used by Immersive, around the Bay Area.

That's how they did it

All the best
Eric

Are you talking to me, Eric? Or just post it in the wrong box?


Cheers

To any one that will listen i just cut and past the info about the camera thing I hah had a couple of red wines so it could have gone any where.

All the best
Eric

Hehe hehehe!!!!!

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=1&layer=c]

I was looking at Google Earth ...then at street view.

Cheers REv's

Thanks guys, I guessed that's how it was all done, although hard to imagine.
Rev's

Thanks for your reply extfilm

I am yet to see a google car driving around. But when I see a car driving around with an upside down cone on its roof, I can say - know what there up too.

Cheers

Hey rev, it is a little bit more technical than just putting a cone on the top..... that was a simple explaination.......
Here is one. http://www.0-360.com/
peter