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10:00AM Angus Kidman | Google has updated the real estate listing features it rolled out in July, making it easier to find and to search on multiple criteria. The Google Maps team is also readying to roll out the Street View cars in Australia once again. More »
Google Updates Real Estate Features, Street View Cameras
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Google has updated the real estate listing features it rolled out in July, making it easier to find and to search on multiple criteria. The Google Maps team is also readying to roll out the Street View cars in Australia once again. More » 
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Google Street View Introduces Double Click “Pancake” Navigation
8:30AM Azadeh Ensha | As many users of Google Street View can attest, repeatedly clicking the forward and backward arrows makes for a less-than-smooth navigation experience. Today Google addressed this issue by introducing a smart navigation feature designed to make exploring Street View easier. More »
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | The coverage of Google Street View in Australia was already pretty comprehensive when it rolled out last August, but the search giant is continuing to expand its reach. The Google Australia blog says that a recent update has added extra coverage around Port Lincoln, Tweed Heads, Cairns – and a few more areas of a little city called Sydney. Street View is never likely to cover 100% of the population, but compared with many more populous countries, including the US and the UK, Australia seems to be doing pretty well (or pretty badly if you see the whole thing as a horrendous intrusion on privacy).
Expanding Street View in Australia [Google Australia Blog]
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Google Street View Expands Australian Coverage
9:00AM Angus Kidman | The coverage of Google Street View in Australia was already pretty comprehensive when it rolled out last August, but the search giant is continuing to expand its reach. The Google Australia blog says that a recent update has added extra coverage around Port Lincoln, Tweed Heads, Cairns – and a few more areas of a little city called Sydney. Street View is never likely to cover 100% of the population, but compared with many more populous countries, including the US and the UK, Australia seems to be doing pretty well (or pretty badly if you see the whole thing as a horrendous intrusion on privacy).
Expanding Street View in Australia [Google Australia Blog]
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1:30PM Angus Kidman | When Google launched Street View for Australia back in August, the coverage was already pretty comprehensive, but the range continues to expand. Google has just added a bunch of extra photography for Geelong, Darwin and some remote areas of the Northern Territory, and celebrated with a cheesy look at some of the locations for Baz Luhrmann’s oops-it’s-a-flop movie Australia.
Google Maps [via Official Google Australia Blog]
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Google Expands Australian Street View Coverage
1:30PM Angus Kidman | When Google launched Street View for Australia back in August, the coverage was already pretty comprehensive, but the range continues to expand. Google has just added a bunch of extra photography for Geelong, Darwin and some remote areas of the Northern Territory, and celebrated with a cheesy look at some of the locations for Baz Luhrmann’s oops-it’s-a-flop movie Australia.
Google Maps [via Official Google Australia Blog]
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11:29AM Angus Kidman | Google’s Street View has been pretty successful since it rolled out in Australia in August, but now the Big G has decided it would work even better with an interface tweak, which includes the not entirely intuitive decision to replace the words ‘Street View’ with a draggable icon of a person (’Pegman’) on the Zoom control, thereby matching the Google Earth experience more closely. Check the video above for an overview.
[via Official Google Australia Blog]
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Google Maps Revises Street View Interface
11:29AM Angus Kidman | Google’s Street View has been pretty successful since it rolled out in Australia in August, but now the Big G has decided it would work even better with an interface tweak, which includes the not entirely intuitive decision to replace the words ‘Street View’ with a draggable icon of a person (’Pegman’) on the Zoom control, thereby matching the Google Earth experience more closely. Check the video above for an overview.
[via Official Google Australia Blog]
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Google Street View Adds Coverage In France
7:34AM Gina Trapani | Google Maps’ Street View now includes imagery for the streets of France —go ahead and hit the big tourist spots in Paris like the Champs-Élysées and Basilique du Sacré-Cœuror without leaving your desk. More »
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11:40AM Angus Kidman | One of the core promises Google has made about its new Street View service is that individual identities are protected, with faces blurred and compromising details removed. If you’re unconvinced, here’s some evidence of sorts: a shot near Kings Cross station in Sydney featuring a completely blurred man with no shirt on. His conversational partner isn’t quite so anonymous (though not easily identified), but topless sunbathers clearly have nothing to fear. [Thanks Kaan!]
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Your face and nudity are protected from Google Street View
11:40AM Angus Kidman | One of the core promises Google has made about its new Street View service is that individual identities are protected, with faces blurred and compromising details removed. If you’re unconvinced, here’s some evidence of sorts: a shot near Kings Cross station in Sydney featuring a completely blurred man with no shirt on. His conversational partner isn’t quite so anonymous (though not easily identified), but topless sunbathers clearly have nothing to fear. [Thanks Kaan!]
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11:20AM Angus Kidman | As millions of Australians waste time at work checking out everywhere they’ve lived on the newly launched Australia implementation of Google Maps’ Street View, community rating site StreetAdvisor has wasted no time in adding the feature to its service. It’s not immediately obvious, but if you locate a neighbourhood that StreetAdvisor has already rated and click on ‘Browse Map’, you’ll get access to the Street View rendition alongside user comments on that area’s pluses or minuses. [StreetAdvisor]
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StreetAdvisor adds Street View to neighbourhood ratings site
11:20AM Angus Kidman | As millions of Australians waste time at work checking out everywhere they’ve lived on the newly launched Australia implementation of Google Maps’ Street View, community rating site StreetAdvisor has wasted no time in adding the feature to its service. It’s not immediately obvious, but if you locate a neighbourhood that StreetAdvisor has already rated and click on ‘Browse Map’, you’ll get access to the Street View rendition alongside user comments on that area’s pluses or minuses. [StreetAdvisor]
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6:19AM Angus Kidman | Street View, Google’s useful/controversial feature with drive-by photography of streets in major cities, is now live in Australia after several months of (presumably) tedious filming. Look for an address in Google Maps and if the area has been recorded, click on the Street View button for a panorama of where you’re trying to get to, or where you live — this is the new ego search). Google has used reportedly blurring technology to ensure faces aren’t visible, though we haven’t encountered any examples yet. But despite the honks from privacy advocates, this is a very useful feature when you’re trying to find an unfamiliar location — visual cues can really help. [Thanks Andrew S!]
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Google Street View now live in Australia
6:19AM Angus Kidman | Street View, Google’s useful/controversial feature with drive-by photography of streets in major cities, is now live in Australia after several months of (presumably) tedious filming. Look for an address in Google Maps and if the area has been recorded, click on the Street View button for a panorama of where you’re trying to get to, or where you live — this is the new ego search). Google has used reportedly blurring technology to ensure faces aren’t visible, though we haven’t encountered any examples yet. But despite the honks from privacy advocates, this is a very useful feature when you’re trying to find an unfamiliar location — visual cues can really help. [Thanks Andrew S!]
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