Google adds six new cities to Street View

Google has added six new cities to its Google Maps Street View, as well as the ability to pan to the top of skyscrapers.

The new cities with the 360-degree view are: Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Tucson. And the images in Phoenix, Tucson and parts of Chicago are in high resolution, like those in San Francisco and San Diego, according to Google's Lat Long Blog. There's also a dorky video about it on YouTube.

The images in the new cities were captured by Google's own camera-equipped cars since its contract with Canada-based Immersive Media expires at the end of this year.

The Google blog links to a view where you can pan to the top of the Sears Tower in Chicago. I tried to get that view on the TransAmerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco but couldn't. We probably don't have big enough skyscrapers, yet, to really make it worth Google's while.

Google Street View now lets you pan up skyscrapers in some cities.

(Credit: Google)

[Mapper99]

Google Street View...

This might keep a few people busy for a day or two. A great timewaster for sure!


Check out some of the over 750 "interesting" Google Street View finds here:

http://www.laudontech.com/google-street-view/google-street-view.html

[normdaley]

More Street View to Come?

My wife saw a Google camera car in the Sacramento are last month. I thought we might make this release. I don't know how long it takes them to process all the photos.

[ktmglen]

Street View Car in Fort Collins, CO

I saw the google street view camera car in Fort Collins, CO, on labor day. Any idea how long it takes from seeing the car to seeing the photos in street view?

[n3td3v]

If Google Street View Comes To My City...

They'll be a public outcry, the intelligence services think they can take pictures of our cities like this hiding under a corporate brand? you can bet this whole product is secretly funded by the U.S government.

[garyresourceshelf]

Want More Cities? Here you go.

In this ResourceShelf post, we offer a number of links to services offering street-level and 360 degree imagery.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/09/25/street-level-imagery-for-canada-what-about-other-countries/
or
http://tinyurl.com/2w8wsr

+ Include are sources for street-level imagery of major cities in Spain and France.

+ 360 degree street level tours of South Beach and the Las Vegas Strip.

+ 360 Panorama (Street-Level) for Cities in the U.S., UK, and Paris.

+ Street Level, 360 for Cities in Europe

+ Overview of some of the technology

+ Live "Street Cams" like one in Times Sq.

+ Trafficams (real time) from around the world.

[Manhattan2]

We have millions of images of 37 states and counting

Google was late to the game. We have been doing this for years. It is more about the images. Tell Google to check out GPSImaging.com