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Today Google explains a little more about the developments with its photo-mapping search engine. From now on, if there is a photo of a place available relevant to a location specific search request, it will be shown alongside the search results.
Since purchasing Panoramio, Google has been playing with photos within Google Maps. And there [...]

I just walked along Santa Monica Pier, which is impressive seeing that I am currently sitting in my house in the UK. I was using Google’s 360 Street View photos, and pretty much took a personal tour of LA. Great fun. While taking my tour I noticed that one individual did not have his face [...]

Google Street View may be switched off in the UK while a formal enquiry is carried out by information minister, Richard Thomas. Privacy International says that the website is still showing clear images of people and registration plates. In one case a woman who had fled a violent partner was photographed outside her new home. [...]

It is a real shame in a way that Google street view is a not a live service, being streamed from CCTV cameras. OK, people will have even more to should about, but here is an example of where it can highlight potentially dangerous situations. In this view of Cambridge Road, in the Barnes are [...]

After months of legal discussions, Google’s innovative streetview photography is now available for London. London is possibly one of the most popular tourist hotspots in Europe, and now would be tourists can check out the area before jumping on a plane.
There has been, and still is, a lot of opposition to the 360 degree view [...]