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Des Moines Finally Makes the Big Time with Street View
Des Moines has finally made it to the big time, we are among the few cities that have had their downtown’s added to Google Map’s Street View application. Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps that provides 360° panoramic street-level views and allows users to view parts of selected cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas at ground level. When it was launched on May 25, 2007, only five American cities were included.
Google Street View displays photos that were previously taken by a camera mounted on a car, and can be navigated using either the arrow keys on the keyboard or by using the mouse to click on arrows displayed on the screen. Using these devices, the photos can be viewed in different sizes, from any direction, and from a variety of angles. Lines that are displayed along the street that is shown indicate the direction followed by that street view camera car.
Trying it out your self at maps.google.com
Posted under Living Downtown
Tags: Maps
