GOOGLE STREET

IntroductionAbout GoogleServices provided by GoogleStreet view of various streetsDevelopmentsGSV vehiclesCamerasCamera quality comparisonPrivacy Issues & bansAdvantagesDisadvantagesCoverageCompetative ProductsFuture EnhancementsConclusionReference

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Google street is a technology featured in google maps & google earth that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world.It was launched on may 25 2007 .

google street displays images taken from a fleet of specially adapted cars,areas not accessible by cars are sometimes covered by means of cycles and pedestrians methods.

Introduction

GoogleDeveloped in Mento Park,California in Sep 4 1998.Founders:- LARRY PAGE & SERGEY BRIN.Is an American multi national corporation.Mainly used for internet searching,cloud computing,advertizing technologies.In 2006,Paul Buchheit moved company head quarters to Parkway,Mountain view,California.About 24 pentabytes of search request data are processed dailyAbout 1 million servers around the world

Services providedChain of products have been introduced by google that has led to its rapid developmentGmail - for Email serviceOrkut,Google buzz – social networking communityYou tube – For sharing & viewing videos over internetApplications provided by GoogleGoogle Chrome – For web browsingGoogle Talk – For instant MessagingPicassa – For Organising,Editing & Sharing digital photos

Latest contributions of google corporationAndroid Technology – for mobile softwaresGoogle street view – For getting panoramic view of streets

Google Street Viewing

IT’S THE TECHNOLOGY THAT PROVIDES THE PANORAMIC VIEW FROM VARIOUS POSITIONS ALONG MANY STREETS.LAUNCHED ON May 25 2007 in the cities of usa.

Displays images by specially adapted cars.

Areas not accessible by cars like pedestrian areas,narrow streets,alleys are covered by google trikes and snowmobile.On each vehicle there are 9 directional cameras for 360^ view at a height of 2.5 metres.Using keyboard & mouse the horizontal & vertical viewing direction & zoom level can be adjusted.

Availiable website www.googlestreetview.com.

GOOGLE STREET VIEWING

Street views of various cities

Development of google street is as follows:On may 25 2007, first introduced in USA.On May 12 2008,went a testing run in Manhattan.On July 2 2008,introduced in France And Italy.On August 4 2008,introduced in Australia And Japan.On December 1 2008,introduced in New Zealand.On July 10 2008,2 new features were added-Effective mask of google car& application of face blurring technology.On April 9 2009,Google street View had been availiable in full screen.On June 17 2010,added blue dots to its maps that displays user submitted images.

Developments

Street View

Vehicles

Specially designed Cars are mainly used.Main feature of the car is that it has no driver,no engine,no gear……..Mainly works with solar energy and motors are used to move vehicle.Sensors have been installed for moving in traffic….Uses GPS &Wifi system to trace the desired paths.Areas that can’t be covered in car is done by tricycles and pedestrian views.Cars are specially programmed with the help of the sensors to give way for emergency vehicles

Street View Vehicles

Google vehicles

Cameras

Mainly 9 directional cameras were used for taking pictures.Cameras used for street view are developed by the ELPHEL companies..3 types of cameras were used.First generation cameras were used in the streets of USA.Second generation cameras were used in Australia.Nowadays generation 3 cameras are used for taking the HD images.In google trikes and snowmobile third generation cameras were used.

Cameras for street view

Camera

Quality Comparison

See the difference……

Bans

Privacy advocates have been objected to this feature of google.Google adopted face blurring technology for thisFirst ban of Google street view was in Austria due to the privacy issues.But in Austria Romanian company NORC features this facilityIntially Google street was Banned in Czech Republic but later it has been removed.Privacy issue occurs mainly to those people who are doing secret jobs,people who are sun bathing are often has many disturbance due to GSV.Due to this reasons GSV is banned in most cities

Privacy Issues & Bans

Advantages

GSV helps one to know about the cities of the entire world while sitting in his drawing roomThe street view technology can be very helpful if its is included in the educational sectorsThis technology is very helpful for the tourists who are planning to go to any places.they will get an idea about the geography of that areasComing to the GSV vehicles they doesn’t requires fuel since it mainly uses solar energyNo pollution

Advantages of GSV

Disadvantages

Main disadvantage of the GSV is its privacy issue.Street viewing is not availiable during the situations when the google cars are in trafiic.means there will be a lagging during that timeGSV is unavailiable in waterbodiesNot availiable during night timeNo description about the cities .we can just see the cities only.

Disadvantages of GSV

Coverage

In North American ContinentsUSA - from 25 May, 2007 onwards.Canada- from 7 Oct, 2009In Latin American Countries Mexico-From 9 Nov,2009Brazil- From 30 Sep,2010European CountriesAlmost 16 countries of Europe-From 2 Jul,2008.Asian CountriesJapan-From 4 Aug,2008 onwardsSingapore-From 2 Dec,2009 onwardsIndia,in Bengluru& New Delhi-From 26 May,2011OceaniaAustralia-from 4 Aug,2008.New Zealand-From 1 Dec,2008African NationsSouth Africa-From 1 Sep,2009 onwardsAntarticaAntartica-From 1 Sep,2010 onwards

Coverage

Street view coverage:-a close look

AsiaChina- city8 in the cities of Beijing from july 2006.Japan - location view in the cities of Tokyo from May 2007Kazakhisthan - Russian company YadexEuropeGermany - sightwalk in the cities of Berlin,Munich,Stuttgart.UK-seety.co.uk in the cities of LondonFrance-Urbandive.com in the cities of Paris,Bordeaux(Tour de France)Denmark- Danismaptool,krak is there in CopenhagenSwitzerland- Global visionNorth AmericaCanada- Bingmaps in Dec 2009 in the cities of Vancuver,whistlerUSA - streetside,everyscape,mapjack,mapquestOceaniaNew zealand- Everyscape

Competative Products

Can be effectively used in education fieldEither text descripition or voice description during the street view will help better use of GSVAdopt better methods for getting access through the water bodies

Future Enhancements

Google street View is thus becoming one of the important as well as a useful applications put forward by the Google corporation.by this feature one is capable of having a thorough knowledge about the cities of all over the world.

Conclusion

www.google.comwww.wikipedia.comwww.googlestreetview.comwww.thenextweb.comwww.maps.google.com

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