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28 March 2008

Google Maps API adds StreetView Officially

update:28/03/2008

and there is the impressive Dual Maps - Virtual Earth and Google Map with StreetView side-by-side.


When you move the Maps/Streetview updates, when you turn the birdseye/streetview turns
Dual Maps by the Beach
Google Maps with StreetView and Virtual Earth with Birdseye View side by side at the beach.

Google Maps API adds StreetView Officially

New cities or StreetView coverage expanded
Albuquerque, NM
Anchorage, AK
Austin, TX
Cleveland, OH
Fairbanks, AK
Little Rock, AR
Madison, WI
Nashville, TN
Rockford, IL
Richmond, VA
Spokane, WA
St. Petersburg, FL
Tampa, FL
Yosemite National Park, CA
(thanks GoogleMapsMania saved Mapperz a job)



Google Maps API StreetView Drive
Why not 'visualize' the drive before you go?

Now you can custom build your own Streetview maps (subject to coverage).

Several good examples are available view:

Clickable StreetView Layer

Query StreetView Tiles/Structure


StreetView Layer and Draggable Human Icon

StreetView Panorama with POV (Point of View)


http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/demogallery.html?searchquery=street



Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/6e025c86acfc1002/bf0174dced87cc9e#bf0174dced87cc9e

Official Blog Post
http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2008/03/street-view-in-api-or-how-i-spent-my.html

Documentation (uses v2.104)
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GStreetviewPanorama

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