Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by mikeocool » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 3:10 PM UTC

Google Street View now includes interiors
maps.google.com

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by swah » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 3:42 PM UTC

This might be good for finding places in theaters and planes.

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by ahmetalpbalkan » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 3:49 PM UTC

Is there any evidence that this thing exists anywhere but this specific shop? Because only this is not convincing enough.

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Post by shimfish » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 3:52 PM UTC

Is this an Easter Egg? When I zoomed out I couldn't find a way to get back in.

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by mikeleeorg » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 3:55 PM UTC

shimfish wrote: post #4

Is this an Easter Egg? When I zoomed out I couldn't find a way to get back in.

If you clicked the white "backwards" arrow to zoom out and see the storefront (along with neighboring stores), click the "forwards" arrow to get back into the store.

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Post by BSeward » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 3:55 PM UTC

Love the idea, but the Street View UI has never felt all that fun to use and it feels worse indoors. Walking around a shop or mall at Street View pace—12-ish steps for every press of a small, non-fixed arrow—is something I hope I never have a reason to do.

The pancake (http://techcrunch.com/2009/06/04/introducing-the-pancake-a-l...) and the city-scale of things make moving on streets more tolerable (though Legoland is not bad: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=legoland&hl=en&ll=33.1...), what's the interface for person-scale, cramped interior navigation? Until there's a solid answer this doesn't seem very enjoyable.

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by genieyclo » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 3:59 PM UTC

@ahmetalpbalkan

Good point, I cannot find this anywhere else at the moment.

btw, you've been hellbanned for about 52 days now, so no one can see your comments unless they have showdead=on.

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by ahmetalpbalkan » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 4:00 PM UTC

genieyclo wrote: post #7

@ahmetalpbalkan Good point, I cannot find this anywhere else at the moment. btw, you've been hellbanned for about 52 days now, so no one can see your comments unless they have showdead=on.

is this a real ban or just because of inactivity. I don't think I deserved anything that deserves ban. What do you think?

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Post by trevin » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 4:04 PM UTC

More info from Google - http://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/

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Post by shimfish » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 4:07 PM UTC

mikeleeorg wrote: post #5

shimfish wrote: post #4

Is this an Easter Egg? When I zoomed out I couldn't find a way to get back in.

If you clicked the white "backwards" arrow to zoom out and see the storefront (along with neighboring stores), click the "forwards" arrow to get back into the store.

I zoomed out to the normal satellite view. I could then only get street view on the roads and not the shop.