Google Takes Page From Microsoft Photosynth
Google Maps is taking a note from Microsoft’s Photosynth and tapping into user photos to create street views of places that street view doesn’t reach.
Google released a video of the new addition in action, and it looks almost exactly like Photosynth. It basically uses location data and algorithms to combine photographs into a large panoramic view.
It’s a fascinating development for Google maps, and unlike Photosynth that requires someone to have all those pictures, photographers can just upload the picture to Maps layer and let Google do the work.
I can’t wait to see if this really catches on, this type of community interaction and collaboration really shows what the Internet can do with the right tools.
