Google Street View on Galaxy Fit

Google Street View is a technology feature on google maps and google earth that provide panoramic view from position along many streets in the world. Google Street View displays panoramas of stitched images taken from a fleet of specially adapted cars. Areas not accessible by car, like pedestrian areas, narrow streets, alleys and ski resorts, are sometimes covered by Google Trikes (tricycles) or snowmobiles. On each of these vehicles there are nine directional cameras for 360° views at a height of about 8.2 feet, or 2.5 meters, GPS units for positioning and three laser range scanners from Sick AG for the measuring of up to 50 meters 180° in the front of the vehicle. These are used for recording a rough 3D model of the surroundings, enabling faux-3D transitions between distinct panoramas where the environment images are momentarily mapped onto this 3D model while being crossfaded to create an animated perspective change as the user travels from one panorama to another. There are also 3G/GSM/Wi-Fi antennas for scanning 3G/GSM and Wi-Fi hotspots. More recently, high quality images have been based on open source hardware cameras from Elphel.

This is the picture shown mobile trikes and pedestrian trikers

Mobile Triker and Pedestrian Trickers

Google Street View was launched on May 25, 2007, in several cities in the United States. Until now there was many area that covered on google street view maps.. we can check here...

Google Street View Map

Google street view is the lastest advanced technology on mapping, using integration among some technology like GPS, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry which finally produce nice user friendly Geographic Information System (GIS). Google become closer to people around the world by using Mobile GIS on some smartphone like iPhone, Blackberry, and Android. Coupled with Street View facilities, make more interesting. I'm the user of Android Galaxy Fit GT-S5670, then I tried to use it..

Here the screen capture and the video.

Google Street View on Samsung Galacy Fit GT-S5670

First we must download Streew View on Google Play Store, and the install it. Launch the map and search for direction covered based on street view maps. In this case, i choose Paris, France for the search area. The display screen is like picture number 5. Next, we just need zoom in and touch the street/ destination place on the mobile screen for a moment and then pop up button contains street information will appear. Click that button (picture number 6) and we could found street view button at the right side, click it! Holahop! The streetview display is like the last three on picture above this words.

For more detailed information, please refer to the following video...