Street View Surveillance

The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Spot the Surveillance game is a virtual reality game which requires players to identify surveillance equipment in a panoramic image of a San Francisco street scene. Panning around this 360 degree view players are required to detect the every day surveillance equipment which is now routinely used on America’s streets, such as body-worn cameras, automated Maps Mania… more →
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AI Street View

Today I have mainly been creating AI generated Street View scenes of historical locations. The result is AI Time Travel Street View, a little virtual world of 360 degree panoramas which you can wander around in while exploring Medieval France, Renaissance Venice and Victorian London (as dreamed by AI).Navigating around AI Time Travel Street View is fairly intuitive. Just click on the arrow Maps Mania… more →
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The Map of Reddit Now Has Street View

The Map of Reddit now has a ‘Street View’ option which allows you to explore this organisational network map of the world’s subreddits as a 3D environment. The Map of Reddit is an interactive map which organizes and plots subreddits based on their similarity. Subreddits are individual subject forums on the social news forum Reddit. On this Map of Reddit individual subreddits are positioned near Maps Mania… more →
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The Undeniable Truth on Street View

To mark the one year anniversary of Russia’s illegal war on Ukraine the website ‘Undeniable Street View’ has been launched. By providing virtual walks through six Ukrainian cities with custom made 360 degree panoramic ‘Street View’ imagery the Undeniable Street View allows you to see for yourself the damage that Russia has inflicted on Ukrainian infrastructure.  The cities of Kyiv, Irpin, Maps Mania… more →
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Apple Angers China by Approving Cop-Tracking Map App for Hong Kong – The Wall Street Journal

Apple Angers China by Approving Cop-Tracking Map App for Hong Kong  The Wall Street Journal China takes aim at Apple over map app that helps Hong Kong protesters  Washington Examiner China state media attacks Apple for Hong Kong police tracking app  Financial Times China state newspaper hits Apple over map app use by Hong Kong protesters  The Japan Times Chinese state media condemns Apple decision to allow “poisonous” Hong Kong maps app in scathing attack  iMore View full coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more →
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After Web, Google Maps Enable Street View Layer on Android App as well – Digital Information World

After Web, Google Maps Enable Street View Layer on Android App as well  Digital Information World Street View is beneficial in finding routes to your various destinations but also an exciting way of exploring new landmarks. The web version of Google maps has … “map app” – Google News… more →
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It’s the Real World—With Google Maps Layered on Top – The Wall Street Journal

It’s the Real World—With Google Maps Layered on Top  The Wall Street Journal Google Is Rolling out AR Navigation for Its Maps App  Futurism Google Maps’ AR navigation feature could solve the app’s biggest little problem  The Next Web New Google Maps AR feature recognises buildings navigates users in REAL TIME  Daily Mail Google is letting some users test its AR navigation feature for Google Maps  The Verge View full coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more →
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