All the Ways Google Gets Street View Images | WIRED

[@beartackle]

One of my favorite things about Street View is looking back in the past to see how an area looked before more recent development.

[@wizzotizzo]

@@toiletpaper4 What

[@SHowe22]

I honestly agree

[@SHowe22]

@Matas Gus They probably used the history function while viewing their front yard.

[@nigeljames6017]

@@SHowe22 My sisters car appears in two places at once ! First, outside our Mothers house, and also at her house. The only other explanation is that my brother-in-law has invented mass teleportation.

[@peoplesrepublicofliberland5606]

Yeah, it's actually kinda depressing in my case since my country has done the opposite of progress. But it's still a nice feature either way

[@LaloPadilla]

I've trained all my life, when the time comes and I see a Street View car I'm going to chase it for several blocks with some really weird poses

[@lakersboi3094]

Thank y’all thank you for coming over today at

[@aditi3276]

😂😂 I hope you get that checked off your list

[@Unkn0wn1133]

Youve never seen it?

[@Dontyellatm3]

I’ve driven past 2 in my life!

[@maruftim]

Same lol

[@jojodroid31]

For all us non americans, the backpack weighs 16kg.

[@andrewegan7011]

It may surprise you that lots of people still think in old money so to say, Have a pint and chill.

[@salmanahjum-mathee9055]

thank you

[@R1ch4rd]

@@chineserockethands4578 they meant the measuring systems' differences.

[@dopetheadjective2020]

@@chineserockethands4578 congrats. you won.

[@maruftim]

@@chineserockethands4578 lol

[@ActuallyJamesS]

Street view is one of my favourite pieces of modern technology, to make most of the developed world virtually accessible to so many is just fantastic.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Not just the "developed" world. You can go to most cities and many towns and even villages in the world with it. Welcome to Santiago of Chile, any day you wish. I recommend the long axis of avenues Apoquindo, Providencia and Alameda (Libertador O'Higgins) to take a long, long view of my city. 😀

[@ActuallyJamesS]

@@MariaMartinez-researcher Hi Maria, I'll definitely check out Santiago on Google Maps! I was thinking of "developed" as in has roads and cars and stuff, but I like being able to explore both these kinds of places, the famous and rich cities as well as the small gems!

[@rab9309]

My favourite feature of street view is the timeline the fact you can go back and look at older street view images but it’s only available on desktop. Would love them to introduce it to the iphone

[@PSNDonutDude]

It does apparently exist on Iphone, but not android. It's kind of hidden.

[@rab9309]

@@PSNDonutDude Do you know where would love to know as I don’t have a laptop anymore only iphone and an ipad

[@PSNDonutDude]

@@rab9309on iphone only I think. Works on my girlfriend's and in street view you can click "see more dates" or something.

[@Aamirbt1]

Street view was how my wife and I decided to go to Iceland for vacation, it was completely unintentional and we were just looking at random places in the world, but when we saw Iceland it was too unworldly not to go.

[@Saraseeksthompson0211]

I wish they would advertise for these jobs through their careers sites for nerds like me, wanting to do this in our local communities. I'll walk or cycle wherever they want, because what a way to help yourself and your own community and have something to feel proud of. Also, who else immediately went to look at the Faroe Islands in Street view? lol

[@JillKnapp]

My ex has been working as a mobile mapper for almost 10 years now for Tom-Tom (a Google Maps competitor) but it's the same gig as what you see here. It's a really cool job, and he's gotten to see all corners of North America. They're always looking for new mappers!

[@MrGundawindy]

I want to know how I can get paid to just drive around Australia. I wonder if they would be interested. 🤔

[@OurCumrade]

Ikr like anyone can apply and get a temporary job Like Uber eats that would be cool

[@generalginger7804]

Some coundries have restrictions on imaging public places. For exmaple streeet view isn’t allowed here in india.

[@solyong4759]

@@JillKnapp Where can I find that info? I tried looking on TomTom's career site, but couldn't find anything... I'd be interested! 👀

[@cleverusername9369]

I like this gentleman. He has a calm and pleasant "I'm a geek and perfectly happy with it" energy, and I applaud that.

[@WheeledHamster]

I'm interested in the Sheep View technology

[@ftcentrepreneur]

🤣

[@KimberlyGreen]

It's very RAM intensive.

[@notpoggamer]

@@KimberlyGreen lmao

[@TheTriumfAnt]

It's very inexpensive. Quite the baa-gain.

[@BHHartman]

@@KimberlyGreen 😂😂😂

[@dnielbloqg]

2:08 You get street view all around the US and Europe, and then you have us Germans who, for some reason, have a problem with their house being in a picture, which is why you have barely any street view there. We love paperwork so much that we find problems where there are none and make laws around them.

[@DaveWraptastic]

Germans value their privacy and I commend them for it. Didn't google stop trying to take street view pictures because everyone was mooning the car as soon as it came around the corner?

[@adamazingballs]

Yes the Germans are great and it's easy to blur your own house, everyone should do it.

[@alanboyle54]

@Aliza--💜 you what?

[@alanboyle54]

@@adamazingballs why?

[@astrophrenia]

+1 more reason to seriously consider moving to germany. gee, wonder why germans of all people might be wary of excessive surveillance

[@MisadventuresOfJason]

I grew up in Mountain View during the time it started and would always be fascinated when one would pull up by my car. It’s pretty cool seeing their technology being tested when you’re out and about in the area.

[@drparham]

8:15 sooooo we're just not going to talk about him looking exactly like the new tech cameras!?

[@darkwoodmovies]

For several years now they've been trying to develop street view into a full 3D game-like experience. I bet in another 15 years, it'll get there.

[@dxkaiyuan4177]

I've used street view often to check street signs whether I'll be able to stop/park my car, especially in crowded downtowns where it can take a bit of preplanning to get around. Thanks Google!

[@ProudiPhoneOwner]

Same!

[@NoName-ik2du]

As invasive and sometimes even evil Google is, I really love their Street View project. I love sitting down and looking at the streets of other countries. Plus not only is it incredibly useful in the present when you're planning a trip, but it's going to create a fantastic history of the world as time goes on. I also remember a time when Google Maps had angled satellite views of most places, and you could spin the camera around in 90° increments. That was quite useful as well. Unfortunately, they hid the feature several years back when they introduced the crappy blobby Google Earth mode.

[@kelligrapher]

As a person who loves open world games, Google Street View is the biggest treat ever! Can't wait to see the future of this project

[@jasondomican1991]

I absolutely love what Google has achieved! it's a blessing to everyone ❤️

[@gus473]

Most people, anyway, and so far! 🤞🏼😎✌🏼

[@joeys8701]

Would’ve been better if it was all done through independent companies rather than a monopoly

[@brodriguez11000]

@@joeys8701 Then charge you lots of money to access it.

[@kadoink6762]

@@joeys8701 ah yes, paying subscriptions to access a certain region because it's another company. No thanks

[@haydeng9643]

@@joeys8701 Independent companies wouldn't have the levels of economy of scale that google has. It would take them multiple years just to R&D the costs of making their own specialized camera equipment, facial recognition software, and imaging algorithims. An independent company could reach the same level as google but they certainly wouldn't be able to finance it and get it to the same quality as google.

[@Pixie_Of_SJ]

I’m 51 and have never flown due to being highly claustrophobic. This allows me to visit different places I would otherwise never been able to see. I know it’s not the same but I do appreciate it.

[@putriikrima5094]

google maps, especially the google street view is really a brilliant idea and it helps so much!!

[@PriyankDeshmukh]

Google maps and it's technology that includes this street view is one of the most ingenuis creations ever done by a tech company. Kudos to Google 😎

[@danieljohn7250]

Lol "Terravision"

[@geetha1141]

​@@danieljohn7250 lol they just failed to bring the final product idea is free

[@KimberlyGreen]

Google needs to get the equipment even lighter, then hire thru-hikers &/or section hikers to use a Street View rig to map the AT, PCT, CDT, etc. That would be a real boon for hike planning, as well as forestry efforts, etc.

[@AllenHanPR]

The technology isn't there yet, All that Lidar, Cameras, Battery, CPU are powerful and draw a lot of heat, and heat sinks are big and heavy.

[@railroadforest30]

It needs to be more affordable first

[@faye76000]

We think alike! Plz DM me if you ever want to plan a go fund me and a supported through hike for this task 😃😂

[@niter43]

@@AllenHanPR technology is kinda there if you lower the bar. No need for lidars, no need for 100MP cameras, no need for any heavy on-device processing. There's consumer-grade 360 cameras that produce fairly good images with size/weight of smartphone (Insta360 GO, GoPro MAX -- both under 200g). It's should be totally feasible to build a bit better version of that with 4 cameras instead of two for more seamless stitching, data being saved into M.2 SSDs instead of microSD, etc.

[@Itza-Me]

It's been done in a lot of places already. Many mountains all over the world have streetview

[@Yottabee]

So grateful for Street View! It's so enjoyable to be able to alight anywhere in the world, virtually, and take a leisurely, richly detailed tour of so many places I'll never be able to visit.

[@maxzzzie]

I love going through streetview in vr. It's simply said amazing. I often share whatever im seeing live with online friends. And we tour both our country's or city's in vr.

[@fecuva]

How do you do that pal? Are all sites enabled for VR? Thanks

[@murfad]

0:35 "maps are fundamentally about where things are" thats deep

[@pipodrankje]

what

[@brodriguez11000]

And when.

[@artisticyeti22]

And why

[@TheMightyAgency]

I would think that some countries could gather enough Street View information to help with their potential future military operations in a foreign country. That's probably the case with Russia on Ukraine.

[@brodriguez11000]

The military has already had the good stuff for ages.

[@setcheck67]

They just use satellite imagery.

[@albumkosong]

You don't need street view when you have satellite

[@filbao8113]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw really

[@Melissa0774]

The thing I'd like to know is how the Streetview drivers plan their routes for optimal efficiency.

[@ibec69]

It'll be a bright day when street view is offered in continuous action, not just photos that transform into another.

[@TheICEgirl6100]

my street hasn't been updated since 2009, lmao

[@TXnine7nine]

2008 for me. I had a digital camera in 2008. Whatever google street view was using back then (even by 2008 standards) went into full potato mode because that image is TERRIBLE

[@TheICEgirl6100]

@@TXnine7nine lmao potato mode

[@Itza-Me]

Weve had new streetview literally every year where I live since like 2009

[@vardaan_agarwal]

Google is always so receptive to new and quirky ideas and actually keeps inventing and innovating , this makes this company so cool!!!

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

its great. it helps me know how to commute to places ive never been to

[@brodriguez11000]

Virtual tourism especially during a pandemic.

[@lordsiomai]

Sometimes I just love to search up some random place or country on google maps and street view the roads. It really satisfies my curiosity

[@namaskarprasad]

I learned something new today 😃

[@papiblublly1533]

About a week ago my friends and I saw the google street car and 15 minutes later we saw it drive by again. We posed and made faces both times

[@someoneIikedyourcomment]

share location

[@brodriguez11000]

"Your face is going to stick like that" */google car records the event/*

[@mmvhome]

Thank you @Google for Streetview. I travelled to Svalbard near North Pole after I saw on Streetview how amazing it was there. Google had been using snowmobiles to show us the nature and places.

[@HigherQualityUploads]

A Street View car came by my house 2 days ago and I missed it :( Only found out later when reviewing my Nest Hello footage.

[@edcew8236]

Would be interesting to mount that atop a small plane and fly it around for pilots, and for lower altitude sightseeing. There are planes licensed Experimental where this would not be as hard to do. Email me for details.

[@joeys8701]

Drones bro. Part 137 is where it’s at for any future aero imaging. Amazon will have their own drone program delivering to a locking box in your yard soon. Not hard to imagine where Google will go with that. There’s a reason they haven’t asked flight schools to strap these to their 172s or Emirates to share their low altitude landing gear cam footage yet 🤣

[@royeb63]

You really don't need Google's rig to take pictures for Street View. You can strap an "Insta 360 One X" (weight: 115g) to your car, bike, plane or your backpack and start making your own "blue lines" on the map. Just record a video, upload it to Google, and they will extract individual pictures and make them part of Street View. Done it myself. Lots of fun. :O)

[@Tylorgng.]

They have something like that already in Flight Simulator. Its new

[@janchristianwismarsaragih902]

I use google street views to see my old demolished house where we were evicted. It's now a bunch of mess with no vegetation or anything because they didn't get rid of the base floor. We got new house and it's fine now so don't worry.

[@rizqiefajar]

The question that is always on my mind. Great video

[@aandersson650]

Hey could you pass around Mölndal, sweden again since we have a new terrace?

[@Woodshadow]

0:57 way to make Larry Page look absolutely insane

[@MrCharger916]

He kinda looks was

[@elrea-lynnpeach6640]

This video started off interesting, as it progressed it just kept getting better and so informative, I enjoyed watching this video and cannot believe how awesome AI has become.

[@matt007]

This is really interesting. I’ve seen these cars out and about few times before.

[@amelieflorelle]

The way my social anxiety hits when I see one of these… man I’m hiding: stop, drop, and roll 🗿

[@itsmecaldo]

REAL.

[@astrophrenia]

only missing one step: throw a big rock at it

[@XSemperIdem5]

I'm surprised I haven't seen one of these. I did see an Apple Maps van once though. I did sort of hide while taking a picture of it. 😅

[@nyftn]

i used to drive a big truck. GPS was 2500 euro and only showed arrows. i had 1000 euro worth of maps. i'm so thankfull for google maps. it's my default GPS app.

[@cabincookie]

I knew Scotland is real because of this! So thank you... Been amazed by this tech ever since its first introduction.

[@1.4142]

Sort by newest first. There are so many spam bots copying comments.

[@Jacopien]

This is a very interesting video of google

[@AB-it3to]

But why is that bookshelf behind him fake?

[@Taracinablue]

I didn't realize there were backpacks and little museum drones. Neat!

[@ZeldaFeb]

Creating a 3D experiential map of the entire world is definitely one of the coolest things humanity has ever achieved

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

It would be excellent if you could input a self built track or watch say a prebuilt track of a famous place i.e. new york just by selecting it and sitting back to view the presentation.

[@mikmillerrealtor]

Google should team up with ride sharing apps!

[@Sjalabais]

Funny how Germany remains basically uncharted at 2:00, revealing they were one of the only countries with privacy laws in place. Terrifying history yielding some good results.

[@railroadforest30]

I really enjoy taking street view photos

[@gmc9753]

I'd love to see Street View cover the unpaved roads around the US, especially out west.

[@AdeleiTeillana]

This is cool. Showed my school at 0:51! I walk past that statue every day.

[@RifqiAliansyahh]

Indonesia also uses Honda HRV for taking pictures on Google Street View

[@ezralimm]

Street View + VR is amazing.

[@andanimuila1030]

Thank you 😊 for this information. I always wondered how they made street view.

[@SkiiYacht]

casually drawing a map on a napkin for my friend

[@entropyachieved750]

The world is an amazing place...

[@mohammedmusa538]

Yet they can never seem to get the walking directions right in the uk, constantly expecting you walk along busy roads

[@shutthedoor2052]

has come a long way

[@Tritoon710]

And why your interview camera is 1 megapixel quality?

[@TheDankner15]

Had one of these on my street the other day

[@JosephStealin]

There is no way that the woman in the thumbnail carries that for any length of time. She was totally brought in for the photo op.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

THAT was fascinating!

[@d.p.9567]

Strange how he left out the scandal that Google was collecting private wifi data as it drove by. Somehow it was an accident that they didn’t mean to steal data. A “glitch.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@RBRT02]

Recently I saw that they now have sponsored places on maps. When you zoom out, they stay on there. I reslly like the idea of maps becoming profitable, because that means they can make al those things like maps, streetview and earth better.

[@LilyWangLoifavl]

What is the name of the software Google is developing at 8:46 ? Mersive view? Is the beta version available to the public yet?

[@Timo_9000]

2:09 I love that germany is completely empty

[@BitSmythe]

4:55. Is that the fins of a huge heat-sink?

[@BitSmythe]

3:12. In San Francisco, I wonder how many are getting broken into?

[@adv_rider]

The most amazing invention of google, just love the street view! thank you google!

[@Skalamambo1298]

Google: Next we go to the moon

[@willywakka7830]

*casually waves to the street view trekker walking through my living room as I watch this video*

[@Dontyellatm3]

I’ve been driving for 7 years and driven past 2 google camera cars!

[@burninggarden]

Mia k!!!

[@Charles01343]

How can I apply for this job…i walk a lot

[@Noname-s1g]

I looked up my street and the photo of my house was what it looked like last year

[@lindaclifton3792]

Absolutely amazing!!! I LOVE IT!

[@spriinngflowerrs]

What I have been curious about all these while!

[@yudhabagaskara98]

The imagery needs to be updated every 30-50 days

[@andeluuledna]

Love it, hate it, you can’t deny that this is just amazing

[@Niro_sounds]

How can one get hired as a street view worker? I would love to help keep the info updated for my area and even map out trails for them.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

Contribute on your own! There are moderately expensive cameras out there that can do the job. I use a GoPro Max.

[@oaktadopbok665]

Isn't it funny how the google car came through your town once in the last 15 years but everyone in this comments section saw it.

[@RiverSophiel112]

I love that they respect privacy. 👏🙏

[@koko-timepassboy]

Can I apply for it to drive around my city? And if yes how?

[@JudgeFredd]

Simply awesome project

[@fallensteakre4157]

Immersive view is excellent

[@zoehaskell4087]

Omg....This is so insanely cool.

[@mpirokajosephmgcokoca2355]

Google you are a life changer

[@jessicao-o165]

I love street view... out of the how world I can view... and I chose to view my own house. (My house is also outdated by 6 years as they have my old carD:)

[@thomie9982]

Hey how are you able to remove the vehicle if I were to look down in a google maps experience?

[@HappyComfort]

Very interesting and cool video!! Thank you so much! 🥳👍👏🌷💝

[@notv3253]

I saw the car 3 times, gen to gen since 15 cameras to the new 7 cameras thing

[@0xnpctim]

Really cool!

[@kekz0r]

Was that reeeeeaaaalllyy Larry's idea? Or was it ART+COMs and Terravisions?

[@capngloval]

It is literally pointless to blur license plates, at least in the US. We as citizens can't "run a plate". So that number is literally useless to the great majority of people.

[@dotdotjuan]

Immersive view.. wow 🤯

[@Patiboke]

Owls have excellent eyesight. Funny how after several iterations of improvement the Google Streetview camera starts to look like an owl.