Google Street View
Google Maps gets streetwise in India with AI, expands across 3,000 cities
The California-headquartered tech giant announced new additions to maps, including some features customised for Indian users, such as the landmark-based address descriptors
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Google announces plans to discontinue Street View app on Android next year
Street View makes it simple to get a 360-degree view of almost any street, making it ideal for researching potential trip destinations or to take a casual tour of the world from the comfort of home
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TMS Ep228: Discom bailout, Chess Olympiad, markets, Google Street View
Will the govt be fifth-time lucky in bailing out discoms? How did India pull off a successful Chess Olympiad? Will the market up move sustain in August? What is Google Street View? All answers here
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What is Google Street View?
Now you can take tours of the country's streets and alley, virtually. Google Street View was relaunched in India recently, about six years after being banned from the country. Here's more about it
Decoded: Why Google needs local companies to view Indian streets
Street View is a virtual representation of the streets and the surroundings on Google Maps, consisting millions of panoramic images, which create a real-world experience
Google starts Street View in India with local partners after policy change
Tech Mahindra and mapping firm Genesys will work with US technology giant to 360-degree view of streets, landmarks
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MapMyIndia launches 360 degree panaromic street view 'Mappls RealView'
MapmyIndia has already made live a part of its repository - covering nearly 100,000 kilometres across hundreds of cities and highways for free for consumers
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Google lets people share photos with Street View via smartphones
Users can collect own Street View imagery and put it in the right place on Google Maps.
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Finally, Google's Street View cars start taking images in Austria
Some countries have been reluctant to grant Google access due to worries linked to data collection
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Home ministry sees red in Google Street View, puts a stop
Fears of street-level images compromising national security believed to be the reason
