Tag: Google Maps
Is Google shooting video footage for Streetview?
So, Gizmodo has a post on the cameras being used by Google’s vans to shoot street-level photos for the Street View feature on Google Maps. And they’re pretty nifty too – being Ladybug2 cameras from a company called Point Grey Research.
But that’s not the interesting thing. Apparently, these things don’t just take still pictures – they can also shoot video at 30 frames-per-second and 1024×768 resolution. Gizmodo makes the sensible suggestion that since these vans are roaming the US, it would be logical for them to be capturing video footage too.
Google adds Mapplets for personalising Google Maps
Google has officially released a new feature add-on for Google Maps that will allow users to personalise maps by layering additional information on top of the basic maps. Mapplets can be used for layering hotel, fuel, and weather information…