With the release of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, Google introduced a new feature called Photo Sphere, which is a Panorama app using Street View’s technology. Now users can click pictures using Photo Sphere and connect those pictures to create 360-degree view of a place. The next step is to share these photos on the Google View community and from there the company will add them to its Maps. One can also click photos using a camera, but will need to stitch them together using Google’s tools (seen in the photo above), before sharing it on Street View.
“We are excited to see the different types of Street View experiences that everyone will contribute. For example, this feature can now enable environmental non-profits to document and promote the beautiful places they strive to protect,” Google’s Evan Rapoport wrote in a blog post announcing the new feature. “It also opens up a new tool for photographers to showcase diversity in a specific location– by times of day, weather conditions or cultural events— in a way that Street View currently doesn’t cover.”
Additionally, similar to the embed feature Google added on the Maps, one will also be able to embed Street View maps on any website.
