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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Klagenfurt is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia (where I live) in Austria. It has a population of over 90,000 people, making it the sixth-largest city in the country. Klagenfurt is also a host city of the EURO 2008 which will take place next month in Switzerland and Austria. Now there is a cool new service simmilar to Google’s Streetview available, where you can see georeferenced Panoramas of the city. The great thing here is that there are also photos of walking areas available.
Screenshot of the Site:
(Click on the image to enlarge)
If you are interested you can also see it live at http://www.virtual-klagenfurt.at/
Unfortunately there is no information who has implemented this service. But I suggest this is a private project. The service is also relatively new therefore users have the posibillity to report errors.
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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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Following pictures appeared recently on the internet, indicated that street view cars are en-route throughout Europe. This picture was made in Milan today:
Based on expericenes it can be calculated that they will be online in the beginning of 2009. I’m interested in seeing which city will be the first one in Europe with streetview. I think the legal issues (about garble licence plates and faces), is little bit different form country to country, and an important factor for introducing street view in Europe. Normally Zurich should be one of the first cities with Street view.
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Most of the people don’t want to see themselfs on Google Streetview but the Developers of Google Maps and Streetview do. Here you can see them new the Googles Headquater in Mountain View.
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