April 28, 2012

Amazing new photo tours in Google Maps

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Google has just added a great new feature to Google Maps called “photo tours”, which feels a lot like Microsoft’s PhotoSynth

but taken to a whole new level. Here’s a video showing how they work:

To try them for yourself, check out a famous site such as Trevi Fountain or St. Mark’s Basilica

.  To learn more about how these tours were created you can read this entry on the Google Lat Long Blog.

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