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Tuesday, 25th September 2007

Street-Level Imagery for Canada? What About Other Countries?

News.com reports on how Google is considering adding street-level imagery for Canada.

Canada's privacy commissioner told Google in August that the feature--which offers a series of panoramic, 360-degree images of nine U.S. cities--could violate Canadian laws if it were introduced without alterations.

Don't forget that there are numerous sources for 360 street-level imagery (both static and live) from around the globe. Here's a review of some of them.

+ In France and Spain you can find and browse street-level views for major cities in France and Spain***.

+ Immersive Media (a Canadian firm) offers Lots of 360 street imagery ||| More Here ||| Demos

+ Street Level, 360 for Cities in Europe

+ CycloMedia

+ Street-Level: Walk The Vegas Strip, South Beach, etc.
What goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas. :-)

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


+++ Of course, you can also find LIVE street level imagery for many cities, here's Times Sq., NYC for example.
More: Boston ||| San Francisco ||| Wrigley Field, Chicago (Corner of Clark St. and Addison St.)

+ NYC Street Level

+ Of course, MSFT offers street level imagery for SFO and Seattle

+ EXCELLENT tech overview and list of companies.

+ It's possible for live TrafficCams to show people crossing the street, etc.

*** Btw, we pointed out a few weeks ago, that you can now find 3D imagery for
Now, a new beta named Ville en 3D offers 3D imagery of the following cities in France (required Adobe Shockwave, free):
+ Paris
+ Rennes
+ Lyon
+ Aix en Provence
+ Toulouse
+ Marseille

UPDATE: 10/9/2007. Google Has Added Several New Cities With Street View Imagery. They are:
Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Tucson.


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