Look to the right for the balloons in the lake…
Category: Other street view
Wedding on a bridge
Is that William and Kate?
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Lost your head?
Who’s the boss?
Alien in Russia
Show ’em if you got ’em…
Ovi Maps release street level view
Today Ovi Maps by Nokia released their 3D Maps including Street View for select cities. You can see an example from San Francisco below in 360 degree images. The street view images have been taken by Navteq.
Ovi Maps Street level view is so far only available in London (UK), San Francisco (USA), Helsinki (Finland), Oslo (Norway) and Copenhagen (Denmark).
Bing Streetside taking photos in London today
Four Bing Streetside cars are today starting to take photos from the streets of London. Microsoft Bing Maps recently announced they will take photos in Germany too. Bing Streetside is currently only available in the US, but will be coming to Europe this summer.
Google has stopped taking photos for Street View in Germany
Google has announced that they will not add any more cities than the 20 currently available on Street View in Germany. This comes as a surprise to many as Google recently won a legal battle in Germany for it’s Street View service. Competitor Microsoft Bing Maps is now starting to take photos for it’s Streetside in Germany. And is already getting complaints from germans.
I’m guessing Google will let Microsoft take some of the privacy complaints for a while in Germany. And then be back in a few years time?
