Tag Archive for 'Google'

Streetview soon in Barcelona?

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joesonic
on May 20, 2008
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There were some indications that Streetview is comming to Europe. Streetview cars were seen in Milan, Amstadam, Rome, Paris and now Barcelona.

Which city will be the next? I’m waiting for Vienna :-)

Foto: flickr.com

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Face-blurring in StreetView

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joesonic
on May 13, 2008
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Google has recently updated their StreetView data for Manhatten. Beside some improvements in image quality, Google has implemented automatic face-blurring technology.  Form the screenshot you can see that it works really nice. It blurs the faces, but doesn’t detract too much from the imagery. Here is the quote form the official Australian Google Blog:

At Google, we take our users’ privacy very seriously. Street View only contains imagery that anyone can already see walking down a public street and we’ve always had in place image removal tools. In addition, today, on the Google LatLong blog, we have just announced the first public test of our new face-blurring technology on the busy streets of Manhattan. This effort has been a year in the making - and we will continue to work hard to improve it as we roll it out for our existing and future imagery. Here’s an example from the bustling streets of Manhattan:

In Australia (and New Zealand), Street View will also feature face-blurring, as well as image removal tools.

This new technology indicates that Google is working on technologies to fullfill the legal requirements to introduce StreetView in Europe as well. I think StreetView Europe is comming soon…

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Streetview & Driving Directions

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joesonic
on April 29, 2008
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Today Google has integrated Streetview in Google Maps routing. If you generate a routing inside a city with Streetview you can see a camera. With a click on this camera a Streetview window is comming up where the street scene of the position is shown.

Example

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Enkin - Combining Reallity and LBS

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joesonic
on April 27, 2008
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Two students from Germany have worked on a project called Enkin. The have written this locational service on Google Andriod. Enkin allows to navigate in three differend modes:

  • Classic Map
  • 3D View
  • Reality

Until now the hardware is a little bit cumbersomely but I hope this will change after the first real Android mobiles are on the market.

“Enkin” introduces a new handheld navigation concept. It displays location-based content in a unique way that bridges the gap between reality and classic map-like representations. It combines GPS, orientation sensors, 3D graphics, live video, several web services and a novel user interface into an intuitive and light navigation system for mobile devices. This project is a submission for the first round of the Google Android Developer Challenge and should not be considered a final product. If you want to learn about it in depth, please read our detailed documentation.

Link: http://www.enkin.net/

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Google and Earth Day 2008

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joesonic
on April 17, 2008
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Google has already launched a site for the Earth Day 2008, which will be in five days. Recently they won new partners in the transport industry which will provide their data for Googgle Transit.

Google’s tip for Earth Day 2008:

Reduce Pollution: Plan your trip using Google Transit. We’ve added new cities just in time for Earth Day! (See the site here)

And this without having something else in mind :-), Google is just good, like their sogan promises: “Don’t be evil.” They really do a lot for their image. But the critisism about Google in general is becomming stronger.

All in all Google Transit is a great product, which makes sense - like to have it in Austria too.

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