Google Street View cameras have now captured over 170 billion photos from 10 million miles around the globe. But if you’re not comfortable with the fact that anyone can “visit” your home digitally, did you know you can request to have it blurred from public view? Certain things in Google Street View (e.g. faces and […]
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For residents and tourists alike, Google Maps Street View is an exceptionally useful navigational tool. However, not every country has welcomed Google's iconic Street View cars to their streets. petapixel.com »
2024-03-08 19:58
Google Street View was created using an army of iconic camera cars driving up and down all the streets of mapped areas. Starting today, though, anyone with an Android camera can effectively become a Street View car and contribute to the massive trove of explorable location photos. Google just pushed out a new update for […] petapixel.com »
2020-12-03 22:19
Reuben Pillay is a drone enthusiast living on Mauritius, the island nation 1,200 miles southeast off the African continent. He has spent over a year and a half working single-handedly on a project called ReubsVision — it’s essentially like an aerial Google Street View of the island’s entire coastline (and more). “I have used Google […] petapixel.com »
2020-06-25 19:26
What should we all do during quarantine? Travel online! For example, to Poland. Discover these amazing images found on Google Street View! boredpanda.com »
2020-03-27 14:18
Once upon a time, I received a shadeless tent and I contrived an idea to put it on my head. Since then, photographing myself with a flashlight installed inside the tent became the main purpose of my traveling. boredpanda.com »
2019-07-11 15:00
Google сертифицировал новую камеру Insta360 Pro. Это 360-градусная 8K-камера. Это первая камера, которая получила сертификацию «Street View Auto Ready». Установив её на автомобиль, вы можете внести свой вклад в Street View. mx-camera.ru »
2017-10-09 15:52
Google сертифицировал новую камеру Insta360 Pro. Это 360-градусная 8K-камера. Это первая камера, которая получила сертификацию «Street View Auto Ready». Установив её на автомобиль, вы можете внести свой вклад в Street View. photar.ru »
2017-10-09 12:01
В мае Google раскрылсвою программу уличной панорамной съемки Street View ready, в ходе которой будет сертифицировано двадцать 360-градусных камер для съемки материала для Street View (Просмотр улиц в русской версии). onfoto.ru »
2017-10-04 23:36
In May, Google unveiled the 'Street View ready' program that will certify a total of twenty 360-degree cameras for capturing Street View footage, and the first was just named. The Insta360 Pro, an 8K 360-degree camera available to consumers, was given Google's official stamp of approval yesterday; this means that anyone who purchases this $3,500 camera can use it to capture their own 360-degree footage for inclusion in Google's Street View product. dpreview.com »
2017-10-04 01:12
Google has just certified the Insta360 Pro 360-degree 8K camera as the first “Street View Auto Ready” camera, capable of contributing to Street View after being mounted to a car. Insta360 says it has been collaborating closely with Google to ensure a seamless capture and sharing experience between its spherical camera and Google’s popular Street […] petapixel.com »
2017-10-03 22:20
Сервис просмотра улиц Google Street View добавил возможность виртуально посетить Международную космическую станцию. Вы можете изучать 15 модулей, входящих в сложную структуру МКС. prophotos.ru »
2017-07-21 11:00
Google Street View has just added a tour of the International Space Station. You know… just in case you were taking your next summer holiday there and wanted to plan your sightseeing route through the different modules. petapixel.com »
2017-07-20 22:08
Cupola Observation Module, Image: Google Thomas Pesquet, an astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA) spent 6 months on board of the International Space Station (ISS). During his time in space he worked with Google capturing spheric panorama images of the space station's interiors and unique images of the Earth seen from space. dpreview.com »
2017-07-20 19:02
Google is in possession of vast amounts of Earth imagery via its Street View product, and now it is testing machine learning as a way to harvest 'professional-level photographs' from that imagery. dpreview.com »
2017-07-17 19:53
Можно ли обучить машину создать фотографии, которые большинство людей воспримут как работы профессиональных фотографов? Google пытается это выяснить в научно-исследовательском проекте с машинным обучением. photar.ru »
2017-07-16 00:34
Can machines be trained to create photos that most people would think were shot by a professional human photographer? That’s what Google is trying to figure out with a machine learning research project. petapixel.com »
2017-07-14 20:53
Google объявила о выпуске нового стандарта сертификации, который они называют «Street View Ready». Этот сертификат будет использоваться для 360-градусных камер, которые способны опубликовать изображения в Street View и гарантировать достаточный уровень качества для этого. photar.ru »
2017-05-13 14:01
Google announced this week that they are releasing a new certification standard that they are calling “Street View Ready”. This certification will be used for 360° cameras that are able to publish to Street View, and are guaranteed to support the level of quality required for Google’s 360-degree mapping service. Google are launching ‘Street View […] petapixel.com »
2017-05-12 17:27
Google has released a list of 20 360-degree cameras that are available or will be launched over the coming months that have been certified according to Google's new 'Street View ready' standard. dpreview.com »
2017-05-11 20:57
Компания Google решила улучшить свой сервис Street View. Поисковый гигант сотрудничает с партнёрами в рамках программы Street View ready. Она подразумевает выпуск потребительских сферических камер, позволяющих загружать видео на сервис Google прямо из сопряжённого с камерой смартфона без необходимости подключать устройство к ПК. mx-camera.ru »
2017-05-11 18:53
Fujifilm's X-Pro2 is known for it's leica-esq appearance and much like the leica is known and revered in street photography circles as a camera to have. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-04 02:03
Photoshop can feel infinite. It’s a lot like a high-tech espresso machine or a sports car: you don’t have to use all of its features for it to be functional, but when you can, it’s a powerful tool. [Read More]
Adobe Photoshop contains a very broad and deep set of tools for making edits and adjustments to images. While there is little limitation to what can be achieved using the native tools available in Photoshop for more than two decades, they may not be as intuitive and user-friendly to photographers who have spent most of their time editing raw images in Lightroom. [Read More]
Levels often seems like a boring old tool in photo-editing programs. Maybe you’d use it to quickly fine-tune contrast by dragging the left and right sliders inwards.
Shooting the busiest scenes we encounter while traveling in Asia can be very challenging. After 15 years of running photography tours and teaching in the area, I know that busy markets and streets can either be a photography heaven or a nightmare. [Read More]
It’s been a while since my last article on drone photography (2019 to be precise). Since then I’ve used lots of DJI drones. Earlier this year I bought a Mini 3 Pro to see if this could potentially replace bigger drones for my travels.
It's a common problem — dozens of nearly identical photos on your iPhone, eating up your storage and making it difficult to find what you're looking for. How does this happen, and, more importantly, how can you delete or merge those duplicate photos? [Read More]
In this article, we are going to take a look at rim lighting. As you might guess, rim lighting is used to light a portion of the edge of your subject. While it is most often used as part of a multi-light setup, it can be used on its own for dramatic effect. [Read More]