Streetviews

Google Street View was launched in May 2007 to allow users to explore the world through images. At the time, coverage was limited to just five U.S. cities.

The feature provides users 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic street level views within Google Maps. Google collects these images using special cameras and equipment that capture and match images to a specific location using GPS devices. Once the images are captured, they are "sewn" together to create a 360° panorama. Faces and license plates are blurred before the panorama images are served and become viewable in Google Maps.

Once the photographs have been taken by the special vehicles they go through computer processing to make them ready for showing on Google Maps.

In Canada street views is available in almost all the famous cities (including my one).

The picture above is of my current home Malton - Canada, that was awesome.

To use this feature simply goto Google Maps and drag the pegmen (man shaped icon on the map) to the street where you want to view (at streetlevel).

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