Comments on: Tour de Street View

By: Jerome

Jerome — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:06:39 +0000

Wow the resolution is incredible! And also I see that google has implemented their face blurring technology haha. Looks great! I hope it’s there to stay!

By: James

James — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:58:41 +0000

@nova: I read somewhere that the other cameras might be for 3d modelling of the buildings.

By: nova72

nova72 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:55:22 +0000

I checked out the pics John linked….I noticed there are at least 3 different looking cameras and modules. Any idea as to why?

I suppose one type…the tallest and biggest could be a high res. module. Then the others are simpler cameras for lower res. stuff like the images in many of the States streetviews.

By: john

john — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:39:22 +0000

People have some pictures of the streetview car in France on Flickr. Here’s one: http://flickr.com/photos/visentico/2510596871/in/pool-616736@N20

And here is the Flickr group, where you can find more: http://flickr.com/groups/616736@N20/pool/

By: nova72

nova72 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:30:43 +0000

I’m trying to figure out what type of vehicle they are using here. I would assume some type of SUV given the extra height of the camera and the off road treks and snow on these mountainous roads. Here you can see what is either the top of the car or part of the mounting system for the camera.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: jf

jf — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:41:45 +0000

this is going to provide a big boost to French tourism, imho. i’ve already found some amazingly pretty French towns already that i’ll certainly be visiting.

its great seeing the cafe/restaurant culture of a town before you visit it – with streetview i now have a reasonable idea of where i can get lunch before i visit the town…

now thats awesome.

By: john

john — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:41:45 +0000

It looks like they are ready for the Tour de France here:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Keir Clarke

Keir Clarke — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:40:49 +0000

@ Tim – there is a debate on it on this BBC site – http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/07/google_privacy_and_street_view.html . I have been accused of working for Google for leaving a comment in favour of Google .

By: Tim Young

Tim Young — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:37:57 +0000

Well looks like the paranoids, sorry privacy fans, will block Google Sightseeing in the UK even with face blurring – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7488524.stm

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:53:04 +0000

Top Gear did do a switchback road in France, but it wasn’t that one:

http://www.redlineblog.com/top-gears-worlds-best-driving-road-in-detail/