How does google do street view

Where do you get all those wonderful images? Explore Gombe National Park. Immersive Global Imagery. Dive into Google's huge library of degree imagery using Street View. Just click on pegman and follow the blue lines to where you want to go in Google Earth.

Visit the Street View Gallery. While the countries, cultures and climates may differ, knowing we all have a place to call home is a first step to understanding everything we have in common. Visit Traditional Homes.

Classroom Activity. If you checked the Street View car schedule, you will see that the car still retraces its steps so not all cars are sent out to new places. Some at least are updating existing images. The car has a schedule and it sticks to that schedule. However, if there is something seriously wrong with your Google Street View, you can send a report to Google. Use the link to submit an issue to Google for review. Yes actually! Visit the Google Earth website and click on the location of the map you want to be updated.

Some locations do give you the option to see previous images. Just under the address you will see a small clock. Move the slider back to the left to see older images. One of my big questions whenever these photographic services come out, is how often the imagery gets updated.

I had a meeting earlier in the week with the folks from DigitalGlobe , who provide satellite imagery for Google Earth, and several other private and commercial services. They explained that the aerial and satellite maps we see on these services are generally completely redone every year, with the more populated areas getting more frequent flyovers and subsequent refreshes.

In comparison, the level of detail and proportionate work that goes into the tech behind Street View is very resource-intensive. According to Immersive Media, they're typically on the road capturing imagery and data 46 hours a day using multiple vehicles with the mounted cameras. Daniel Terdiman had an interesting post yesterday about some of the minute details these images have captured, and the inherent security issues.

Wired is currently running a best finds contest , and earlier today Mashable posted several user-submitted findings that contain some of the more interesting photos found on the service. One of the discoveries I've made is a relatively easy way to tell how old these photos are: gas prices. In other cases, the camera might have captured an electronic sign on a bank, or billboard.