In May 2007, Google published the first images of the streets of San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Miami and Denver in Street View. Fifteen years later, the company offers to revisit the past on mobile devices on the occasion of the anniversary of its popular tool.
So, by displaying a place on your smart phone in Street View, it is now possible to observe images hosted by Google since 2007. To do this, you must press the phrase See more dates in the Google Maps mobile app.
The goal of the technological giant is to allow people to observe how the world has evolved since launching its tool in 2007, an initiative of Larry Page, co-founder of the American group.
Google’s California campus was also the first place explored by a photo car, a van borrowed from the security service for the occasion.
15 years of photos
Since launching Street View, Google cars have traveled more than 10 million kilometers, or the equivalent of about 400 trips around the world, to take more than 220 billion photos from one end of the world to other side. planet.
In the list of 10 most visited countries with the tool, Google puts Indonesia in the lead, ahead of the United States and Japan, where France is in ninth place, ahead of Spain and Italy in Europe.
The three most visited places on Street View over the past year have been the Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates, the tallest building in the world, the Eiffel Tower in France and the Taj Mahal in India.
The company also announced new collections of interior and exterior photos of various iconic locations around the world. The pyramids of Meroe in Sudan, the Duomo cathedral in Milan, and the Invalides in Paris are particularly in the spotlight.
Note that Canada has carved out a place for itself at Google festivals, publishing eight favorite Street View photos.
Among them is a picture (New window) of a man on horseback eating a banana on the side of the road in British Columbia, along with photos of the International Space Station and sea lions in the Galapagos Islands.
Less heavy equipment
Google is also thinking about the future: the company has released a new camera, the size of a pet cat, that will be used to facilitate the mapping of isolated areas in the world.
Next year, the California giant hopes to have a complete system that weighs less than seven kilograms, as Google Street View cameras aren’t just used in vehicles.
Depending on the places traveled, Google also used backpacks, boats, mopeds, bicycles, snowmobiles and even a camel.
Source: Radio-Canada
