Keeping up with the various digital globe products from companies such as Google, Microsoft and more
A new feature has arrived today for Google StreetView that allows you to browse Panoramio photos while in StreetView mode. As of now, this feature is available in big cities such as New York, San Francisco, Rome, Tokyo, etc.
You don’t need to do anything special to get your photos in there. These are taken from the same photoset as the main Panoramio photos. Just send them your best shots and you might see them in StreetView!
Well, new to them at least. Panoramio has brought out a new feature to allow you to “Look Around” some landmarks using a very simple, intiuitive interface. As Google Earth Blog points out, this feels very similar to Microsoft’s Photosynth. In addition, as Google System points out, it’s not nearly as cool.
I’m a bit disappointed that this doesn’t yet work in Google Earth. I was picturing something much more similar to Photosynth, where you could interact in a 3D world. Still, it’s a very nice start and works very well. The transitions between photos are very smooth and really help illustrate how the photos are related to one another.
Some places to check out, as suggested by the Panoramio blog:
Update: A little more info is now up on the Google LatLong blog.
