Google update Street view app On Android, anyone can post photos to enhance their company, Google Maps. Announcement this morning. The new version of the Street View app’s Connected Photos tool allows users to record a series of images as they navigate streets and paths. This feature has ARCore-Compatible Android devices will only support image capture and upload in specific regions for the time being.
ARCore is Google’s platform for building augmented reality experiences. It works by allowing the phone to sense the environment, such as the size and position of all kinds of surfaces, the position of the phone with respect to the surrounding world, and the lighting conditions of the environment.This is supported by Various Android devices You are running Android 7.0 (Nougat) or later.
On the other hand, Google’s Street View app has been around for five years.Initially designed for users Share your panoramic photo To improve the Google Maps experience. But as the phone evolved, so did the app.
The updated version of the Street View app allows users to capture images using ARCore. This is the same AR technology as Google users. Live view Orientation experience on the map. This helps the phone “recognize” various landmarks and help users figure out where they are going.
After the images are published in the Street View app, Google will use them to automatically rotate, place, and create a series of connected photos on Google Maps for others to see. Place it in the correct place.
Also, these posted photos use the same privacy controls provided in their own Street View image (captured by driving a Street View car). This includes blurring people’s faces and license plates, and allowing users to report images and other content for review as needed.
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The new system for connected photos isn’t as sophisticated as Google’s own Street View images, but it makes the features you publish to Street View more accessible.Now for the image capture process 360 degree camera Or, for example, other equipment mounted on the top of the car. This means that more remote users will be able to contribute to Street View without the need for anything other than a supported Android smartphone and an internet connection.
According to Google, it will display its own Street View image by default, if available. This is indicated by a solid blue line. However, if you don’t have the Street View option, posted connected photos will instead appear in the Street View layer as a dotted blue line.
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The company also uses photo data to update Google Maps with company names and addresses not yet included in the system, including the time it was posted, for example if it appears on a store sign. ..
In early tests, users took pictures using this technology in Nigeria, Japan and Brazil.
Today, Google announced that it will officially release the Connected Photos feature in the Street View app in beta. During this public beta, users will be able to experiment with this feature in Toronto, Canada, New York, NY, Austin, Texas, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Costa Rica. According to Google, more regions will be supported in the future as testing progresses.