Google to launch Street View on Google Maps in UK
Word on the street is that Google will be shortly launching their popular Street View Google Maps panoramic views in the UK by autumn 2008. Google’s Street View immersive’s video footage, already available to be viewed online in many cities around the US, and in France, and now Italy, is already proving to be a massive hit for Internet visitors using the `free to use` Google Maps street view application.
Google’s Street View technology allows computer visitors to view 360 degrees panoramic street-level views of their favourite street, landmark, location or building in their city that Google Maps have already launched their Google Maps street view panoramic views. Already, Google’s modified cars, normally VW’s, with six hi spec cameras on their roofs, are filming their 360 degress camera images, have been spotted recently in some of the UK’s major cities. Such as London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, to name a few of the UK cities that Google Maps are currently filming for their Street View application. It is expected that a number of UK cities will be online and available to be street viewed on Google Maps by autumn 2008.
Street View displays high quality pictures that can be navigated using either the arrow keys on the computer keyboard or by operating the computer mouse to click on arrowns displayed on the Google map application.
The street view photos can be viewed in different sizes, from any direction, and from a number of angles. Features a good zoom facility. Lines on the Google maps are displayed along the slected street that indicates the direction that users can follow that street.
For a short video description of how to operate Googles Street view go HERE
For written instructions on how to operate Google Maps Street View panoramic views go HERE
Give us your feeback on Google launching Street View in the UK? Are you looking forward to using street view to see well known landmarks, streets, buildings in London, Cardiff, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow? Or do you think they’re are privacy issues for Google Maps Street View in the UK?
July 16th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Can’t wait for the launch of Google’s Street View tool in the UK
October 15th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Still no sign of streetview on the UK maps yet but the cars have been sighted driving about in the surrounding towns as well as the cities so they might get included as well.
October 20th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
No need to wait any longer! We have beaten Google to it, London Street Level View now available in our maps. Click the link for more.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Street Level View is already available in the UK, no need to wait for Google! Courtesy of a partnership between web based mapping specialists Earthware (www.earthware.co.uk) and the imagery providers Seety (www.seety.co.uk) Street Level View was launched for the first time in the UK commercial property search engine NovaLoca.com last week. Check it out!
November 7th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I’ve just seen a mapping camera car in Peacehaven, just outside of Brighton. I didn’t notice what it said on the small sign on the drivers door as I was too busy pulling a funny face.