Google Street View now includes interiors • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by shalmanese » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 7:37 AM UTC

chrismiller wrote: post #95

shalmanese wrote: post #89

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This is what Milo tried to do. They found it difficult enough that they sold to Google instead.

Milo was acquired by eBay [1], not Google. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/02/confirmed-ebay-acquires-mil...

my mistake.

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by borism » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 6:30 PM UTC

johnbatch wrote: post #78

felideon wrote: post #64

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Can you describe what the contraption looks like? Is it pretty much like the Google Car but a tripod on wheels instead?

Looks like he caught himself on camera here http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Gruhn+Guitars+Inc&hl=en&#3... Edit: and here http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Scream+Sorbet,+Oakland,+CA&#38...

I think it's a she in the second link.

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 4:01 PM UTC

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Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by siestetix » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 4:03 PM UTC

This is one of the Google Maps new features I suggested during my phone interview for a job in Google almost two years ago... their choice to reject my application didn't make much sense to me back at the time, but right now it makes no sense at all!!

Re: Google Street View now includes interiors

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Post by phpguy1 » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 7:58 PM UTC

nkurz wrote: post #42

Here's another one: http://maps.google.com/?q=Scream%20Sorbet,%20Oakland,%20CA This one's my business. They came to shoot the interior as a perk for participating in a "Google Offer". I think this is how they are rolling it out, at least in the Bay Area. To me, the results came out fine, although I worry that it now makes "casing the joint" a little easier. It took them two visits to get it right. The first time appa…

The technology is 360 x 180 degree virtual tours made with panoramas similar to street view technology. There is a few different methods of shooting the panoramas all of which produce a 360 x 180 photograph(s). The photographs are then designed into a tour to allow for transitions. You can view more of these type tours over a http://hdvirtualcitytours.com