Google Street View is a visual way to travel now. 360 dimensional images gives you the clear image of the place where you are heading too. With the help of this feature you know what to expect before travelling to a certain place. One can easily explore museums, famous galleries and entertainment parks from the ease of his house. Google Street View has made lives easier.
The Google Maps app logo appears on a smartphone in this illustration taken on September 15, 2017.
Google Maps launched panoramic Street View service in 10 Indian cities in partnership with Tech Mahindra and Genesys, 11 years after the first attempt ran into regulatory problems. It has launched on 27th of July, 2022 after a wait of eleven years.
The feature, which provides 360-degree views of streets around the world using images taken by cruising vehicles, has faced privacy complaints and regulatory scrutiny in several countries.
The Indian launch comes after the government has refused to allow Google at least twice in the past decade due to security concerns.
The company’s executives said Wednesday that it was able to meet regulatory requirements thanks to a new geospatial policy from India last year, which allows foreign map operators to provide panoramic images by licensing data from local partners.
Google said the data collection was entirely done by Tech Mahindra and Genesys, adding that the service will be available in more than 50 Indian cities by the end of this year.
Myriam Daniel who is the vice president of Google Maps experiences, said Street View images will blur faces of people and license plates to address privacy concerns.
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Google usually collects the photos for street views through cameras fitted into the cars and bikes. The 10 cities in which the service has been introduced includes Amritsar, Vadodara, Ahmednagar, Nashik, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and some other surrounding areas.