![]() ![]() The number of cheaper, consumer 360 cameras has exploded in the past few years, meaning there are now many options to choose from if you want a simple, all in one solution for shooting 360 images. Thankfully it’s now easier than ever to add your own images to Google Street View and you can get started for less than $200.ĭon’t believe me? Here’s my Street View profile that has racked up nearly 1 million views, all with photos taken by a 360 camera that now costs $125 Hundreds of millions of people use street view, so it’s not surprising that many are keen to contribute to this huge repository of 360 images. The new photo layer not only allows you to get an immersive view of a city or landmark, but it could save you from buying a plane ticket as well.Google Street view was the first interactive 360 experience that went mainstream, now its impossible to imagine a world where I can’t explore a random street in New York from the comfort of my London home. You can click again to see a larger version of the panoramic image in photo viewing mode.ģ60 Cities has a pretty vast database of panoramic photos thanks to its vibrant community of photographers and travelers. If you click the icon, you’ll be shown a bubble with a panoramic image. In Google Earth, the panoramic photos from 360 Cities are marked with red square icons and the photos from Panoramio are marked with a blue icon. Google had previously integrated 360 Cities into Google Earth under the Gallery layer, but this appears to be a deeper integration of the photos into the viewing experience. Google Earth now includes a Photo layer which will allow users to find 2D photos taken from Panoramio (a photo community Google acquired in 2007), as well as panoramic photos sourced from, which collects panoramic photography on the web. ![]() ![]() It looks like Google has added another way for users to view the world in Google Earth: panoramic photos. Google Earth’s ability to provide a visually compelling view of the world’s terrain, cities, oceans, weather data, treks, and more never ceases to amaze me. ![]()
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