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Google Now Gives Street View Directions

Gigantic buildings are generally easier to see than four-inch street signs, and for that reason, it's often easiest to use landmarks to navigate.  Now, in some areas, Google can help; the company has integrated its Street View images and turn-by-turn directions.

Trulia Obtains A Street View

Try to search for a house.  Checkboxes concerning prices, square footage, and the number of bathrooms can only take you so far - hundreds of results might show up.  You can peer at tiny, cropped photos, but that's not great, either.  So a new deal between Google and Trulia brings Street View into the picture.

"Boring" Lawsuit Confronts Google Street View

It was only a matter of time before Google got sued over Street View; the real question was which privacy group (or sympathetic person representing a privacy group) would be first to file.  And now a couple with the last name "Boring" has beaten them all to it.

Google Street View Takes In More Scenes

Street View explorers, prepare yourselves: Google's added imagery for another 14 areas.  It's also updated its coverage of six existing cities, and although everything's still located within America, the spots are fairly diverse.

Pentagon Asks Google To Remove Images Of Military Base

The Pentagon asked Google yesterday to remove some photos it had taken of a military base for its Street View service, which appears on Google Maps.

Street View Competitor Gaining Strength, $7 Million

When people talk about Google Street View, the conversations tend to focus on either privacy or its undeniable "neat" factor.  Thanks to Google's success in other areas, profitability just doesn't come up.  But EveryScape has built its business around similar virtual tours, and the company just raised $7 million in funding.

Twelve New Cities To See In Street View

Bit by bit, Street View is becoming more useful.  People in the vast majority of the world (and even the U.S.) still can't use it to explore nearby places, but as of yesterday, 12 new cities were included.

New Zealand May Be Next For Google Street View

If you've watched any "Lord of the Rings" film, you know what large, open areas of New Zealand look like.  Google's going to introduce you to parts of the rest of it, however; cars representing the company's Street View project have been sighted in this country.

Google Street View Explores 8 More Cities

Google Street View hasn’t gotten too many of my minutes, but I’m more than ready to admit that it’s a neat program.  And it’s just gotten bigger and better with the addition of 8 more cities.

Google Street View Could Conceal Faces In U.S.

Google Street View is a bit controversial, and two months ago, Google’s global privacy counsel announced that his company was willing to conceal people’s faces and license plates in some countries.  Now there’s word that it could do this in America, as well.