Google Street View

Google announces plans to discontinue Street View app on Android next year

Street View makes it simple to get a 360-degree view of almost any street, making it ideal for researching potential trip destinations or to take a casual tour of the world from the comfort of home

TMS Ep228: Discom bailout, Chess Olympiad, markets, Google Street View

Will the govt be fifth-time lucky in bailing out discoms? How did India pull off a successful Chess Olympiad? Will the market up move sustain in August? What is Google Street View? All answers here

What is Google Street View?

Now you can take tours of the country's streets and alley, virtually. Google Street View was relaunched in India recently, about six years after being banned from the country. Here's more about it

Decoded: Why Google needs local companies to view Indian streets

Street View is a virtual representation of the streets and the surroundings on Google Maps, consisting millions of panoramic images, which create a real-world experience

Google starts Street View in India with local partners after policy change

Tech Mahindra and mapping firm Genesys will work with US technology giant to 360-degree view of streets, landmarks

MapMyIndia launches 360 degree panaromic street view 'Mappls RealView'

MapmyIndia has already made live a part of its repository - covering nearly 100,000 kilometres across hundreds of cities and highways for free for consumers

Google lets people share photos with Street View via smartphones

Users can collect own Street View imagery and put it in the right place on Google Maps.

Finally, Google's Street View cars start taking images in Austria

Some countries have been reluctant to grant Google access due to worries linked to data collection

Home ministry sees red in Google Street View, puts a stop

Fears of street-level images compromising national security believed to be the reason