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]]> By: Ira Abramov http://blog.betamarker.com/2007/05/30/googles-new-360-degree-steet-view-very-cool-and-very-mashable/#comment-16 Ira Abramov Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:13:08 +0000 http://blog.betamarker.com/2007/05/30/googles-new-360-degree-steet-view-very-cool-and-very-mashable/#comment-16 Companies that do it in mass build themselves gadgets to automate it, but at the end of the day it's a camera rotating on a tripod and a panorama patcher program (some of those can be automated nicely) to stitch all the images nicely. there's a massive collection of them on http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp/index.html and it's also "mashed" into Google earth, just turn it on in the features. very cool. I've already used it to mark some sites to see on my next planned vacation. BTW, Hi Maya. long time no see :-) Companies that do it in mass build themselves gadgets to automate it, but at the end of the day it’s a camera rotating on a tripod and a panorama patcher program (some of those can be automated nicely) to stitch all the images nicely.

there’s a massive collection of them on http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp/index.html
and it’s also “mashed” into Google earth, just turn it on in the features. very cool. I’ve already used it to mark some sites to see on my next planned vacation.

BTW,
Hi Maya. long time no see :-)

]]> By: Maya http://blog.betamarker.com/2007/05/30/googles-new-360-degree-steet-view-very-cool-and-very-mashable/#comment-3 Maya Thu, 31 May 2007 17:59:52 +0000 http://blog.betamarker.com/2007/05/30/googles-new-360-degree-steet-view-very-cool-and-very-mashable/#comment-3 I would guess it's done manually. people actually walk or drive and video tape it and then probably cut it to frames. I couldn't think of how this can be done automatically. I would guess it’s done manually. people actually walk or drive and video tape it and then probably cut it to frames. I couldn’t think of how this can be done automatically.

]]> By: Jonathan Fain http://blog.betamarker.com/2007/05/30/googles-new-360-degree-steet-view-very-cool-and-very-mashable/#comment-2 Jonathan Fain Thu, 31 May 2007 17:46:20 +0000 http://blog.betamarker.com/2007/05/30/googles-new-360-degree-steet-view-very-cool-and-very-mashable/#comment-2 Oh my god. It is great... I wonder how technically it is done... I must check this out. Thanks for blogging this... I wish we had something like that in Israel... Oh my god. It is great… I wonder how technically it is done… I must check this out. Thanks for blogging this… I wish we had something like that in Israel…

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