Thursday, August 1, 2013

Google Debuts 'Views' for Adding 360-Degree Photos to Google Maps

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Google launched a community site called Views, allowing users to easily share 360-degree panoramic photos to Google Maps, on Tuesday.

The images, which Google calls "photo spheres" are plotted on Maps and geotagged, according to a blog post written by product manager Evan Rapoport. Photo spheres can be created with the camera on an Android phone running version 4.2 (Jelly Bean) or higher.

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Here's how users can upload panoramas, as described by Rapoport:

To upload 360? photo spheres, just sign into the Views site with your Google+ profile and click the blue camera button on the top right of the page. This will enable you to import your existing photo spheres from your Google+ photos. You can also upload 360? photo spheres to Views from the Gallery in Android by tapping ?Share? and then selecting Google Maps.

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Do you plan to create photo spheres, and participate in Google's new Views community? Tell us in the comments, below.

Images: Google Maps

Topics: 360 panorama, Apps and Software, google maps, Mobile, panorama, Photos, Tech

Source: http://mashable.com/2013/07/31/google-maps-views/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss

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