How does streetview work

This camera is mounted on top of a moving vehicle that both records video and geodata simultaneously. What we're seeing on Street View are image stills from that video, which is how you're able to get a new shot from nearly every point on a recorded route. One of my big questions whenever these photographic services come out, is how often the imagery gets updated.

I had a meeting earlier in the week with the folks from DigitalGlobe , who provide satellite imagery for Google Earth, and several other private and commercial services. They explained that the aerial and satellite maps we see on these services are generally completely redone every year, with the more populated areas getting more frequent flyovers and subsequent refreshes. In comparison, the level of detail and proportionate work that goes into the tech behind Street View is very resource-intensive.

According to Immersive Media, they're typically on the road capturing imagery and data 46 hours a day using multiple vehicles with the mounted cameras. Daniel Terdiman had an interesting post yesterday about some of the minute details these images have captured, and the inherent security issues.

Wired is currently running a best finds contest , and earlier today Mashable posted several user-submitted findings that contain some of the more interesting photos found on the service.

But as phones have evolved, so has the app. Google Maps adds street-level details in select cities, more colorful imagery worldwide. After the images are published in the Street View app, Google will then automatically rotate, position and create a series of connected photos using those images, and put them in the correct place on Google Maps so others can see them.

It will also use the same privacy controls on these contributed photos as are offered on its own Street View images the ones it captured by driving the Street View car around. Your students will never see the world the same way again. Hello World Google collects Street View imagery by driving, pedaling, sailing and walking around and capturing imagery with special cameras that simultaneously collect images in multiple directions.

Where is Street View? Put Your Places on Street View Through the Street View mobile application you can both explore the Google collections of images, and add your own photographs. Try This! Where do you get all those wonderful images?

Explore Gombe National Park. Immersive Global Imagery. Dive into Google's huge library of degree imagery using Street View.