Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Google Maps Street View Quality

I've been watching a bit of Top Gear recently, and they always mention some random segment requesting that viewers write-in about something. So, I figured I'd go ahead and see what their HQ looked like. To my surprise, the street view quality was amazing! You could just keep zooming in and in, and the picture still looks crisp. However, in the US, it's not quite the same deal. Have a look for yourself below, comparing UK street view quality to the US.

US: Times Square, New York, New York


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UK: "Big Ben", Parliament Square, London


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Interesting, isn't it?

1 comments :

Sebastian Weigand said...

As it turns out, Google finally updated their equipment in the US. Now they're about equal. If only Philadelphia could be so fortunate.

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