Surprised nobody's mentioned this...
Apr. 1st, 2012 05:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
newnumber6Kind of cool but a little weird, too... from Google's news a couple days ago:
Google Interior View lets you look deeper into the world than ever before!
Announcement
March 30, 2012
Users will soon be able to visit the inside of any building, right from Google Maps!
With Street View in Google Maps, you can take a virtual drive over the Chrysler Building or see the bustle of Times Square from the comfort of your own home, but you've never been able to go inside. What if you want to tour the lecture halls of prospective universities, check out a potential apartment, or even peek in on your neighbor's place and see how they decorate?
To gather imagery of locations like these, we are adding to Google Street View our newest innovation: Google Interior View. By using a 360-degree backpack-mounted camera, our team of operatives will canvas the buildings of the world, street by street, room by room, and take high-quality images of everything, with the hopes of one day giving you unfettered access to the whole world. Some buildings have already beeen scanned and input into the system... look for the icon of a Pegman climbing into a window on the map at various locations... there's the US Congress Building, the Statue of Liberty, and more, but we don't want to reveal all of them yet... find them yourselves! And they're just the beginning... over the course of this year, we plan to expand to offer views of many more public and private buildings in cities across the United States. Other countries are expected to follow next year.
But we're not stopping at public buildings and corporate partnerships... we want to see inside your home, too! Our team will actually be going door-to-door, hoping to get high-quality, 360-degree views of every room of every house, every apartment, every workplace!
Now, we recognize that this is a little idealistic... not everybody wants to invite us into their private homes, for some reason! It's not like we're going to learn much about you we don't already know from your search history, browsing habits, and social networking. Think of it as being the next step of being a part of the global community!
Still, for those of you who are uncomfortable with this, we want to make it as easy for you as possible. Therefore, we are allowing you to opt-out of our Interior View team members from documenting your home. Simply follow this link and provide your name, address, and proof of home ownership*.
But please don't opt out. Just say yes to our team members, they're here to help connect the world in a way never seen before, and your cooperation is important!
Our Interior View team members will be knocking on your door soon, and keep checking Google Maps as new buildings become browsable. We look forward to showing you the world, and seeing your little part of it!
*Please note, you must own your home in order to opt-out. But if you live in an apartment or otherwise rent, your landlord will have to give you 24 hours notice before we enter your premises.
Google Interior View lets you look deeper into the world than ever before!
Announcement
March 30, 2012
Users will soon be able to visit the inside of any building, right from Google Maps!
With Street View in Google Maps, you can take a virtual drive over the Chrysler Building or see the bustle of Times Square from the comfort of your own home, but you've never been able to go inside. What if you want to tour the lecture halls of prospective universities, check out a potential apartment, or even peek in on your neighbor's place and see how they decorate?
To gather imagery of locations like these, we are adding to Google Street View our newest innovation: Google Interior View. By using a 360-degree backpack-mounted camera, our team of operatives will canvas the buildings of the world, street by street, room by room, and take high-quality images of everything, with the hopes of one day giving you unfettered access to the whole world. Some buildings have already beeen scanned and input into the system... look for the icon of a Pegman climbing into a window on the map at various locations... there's the US Congress Building, the Statue of Liberty, and more, but we don't want to reveal all of them yet... find them yourselves! And they're just the beginning... over the course of this year, we plan to expand to offer views of many more public and private buildings in cities across the United States. Other countries are expected to follow next year.
But we're not stopping at public buildings and corporate partnerships... we want to see inside your home, too! Our team will actually be going door-to-door, hoping to get high-quality, 360-degree views of every room of every house, every apartment, every workplace!
Now, we recognize that this is a little idealistic... not everybody wants to invite us into their private homes, for some reason! It's not like we're going to learn much about you we don't already know from your search history, browsing habits, and social networking. Think of it as being the next step of being a part of the global community!
Still, for those of you who are uncomfortable with this, we want to make it as easy for you as possible. Therefore, we are allowing you to opt-out of our Interior View team members from documenting your home. Simply follow this link and provide your name, address, and proof of home ownership*.
But please don't opt out. Just say yes to our team members, they're here to help connect the world in a way never seen before, and your cooperation is important!
Our Interior View team members will be knocking on your door soon, and keep checking Google Maps as new buildings become browsable. We look forward to showing you the world, and seeing your little part of it!
*Please note, you must own your home in order to opt-out. But if you live in an apartment or otherwise rent, your landlord will have to give you 24 hours notice before we enter your premises.
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