<Li> 2017: On September 5, Google announced that they are improving the quality of the street view panoramic photo revamping its mapping vehicles with all - new high resolution camera systems and AI to capture even better imagery . The new Google cars have been seen in various American cities since March 2017 as well as in Japan since August. . The first images taken with the new generation of cameras were available online on September 13 . </Li> <Li> 2017: Since October, Google allows users to capture Street View imagery using Insta360 Pro, this because several years from now, Google Street View could be available in all countries of the world . </Li> <P> Street View is available as a component of Google Maps, as a web application, and as a mobile application for Android and iOS . Originally, Google Maps used Adobe Flash for Street View . Google overhauled Google Maps in 2013 . The newer version uses JavaScript extensively and provides a JavaScript application programming interface . At the time of their release, the new Google Maps and Street View are measured slower than the old version in various setups . A user can switch to the old version of Google Maps, which is especially useful when Google Maps is more sluggish than usual . </P> <Ul> <Li> Cameras: Street View imagery has come from several generations of camera systems from Immersive Media (1), Point Grey Research (now FLIR Systems) (2) and developed in - house . The cameras contain no mechanical parts, including the shutter, instead using CMOS sensors and an electronic rolling shutter . Widely deployed versions are: <Ul> <Li> R2: the earliest after Immersive Media, photos were captured with a ring of eight 11 - megapixel CCD sensors with commercial photographic wide - angle lenses, cameras with the same specs as those used for the Google Books project . </Li> <Li> Ladybug2 cameras (resolution 1024 x 768 pixels) by Point Grey Research . </Li> <Li> R5: uses a ring of eight 5 - megapixel CMOS cameras by Elphel with custom low - flare lenses, plus a camera with fisheye lens on top to capture upper levels of buildings . </Li> <Li> R7: is the first completely in - house built camera, it uses 15 of the same sensors and lenses as R5, but no fish - eye . </Li> <Li> 2017: uses 8 20MP cameras . Includes two facing left and right to read street signs and business names . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Positioning: recorded photographs must be associated with accurate positioning . This is done via a Global Positioning System, wheel speed sensor, and inertial navigation sensor data . </Li> <Li> Laser range scanners from Sick AG for the measuring of up to 50 meters 180 ° in the front of the vehicle . These are used for recording the actual dimensions of the space being photographed . </Li> <Li> LIDAR scanners from Velodyne were added in the 2017 update . Mounted at 45 ° to capture 3D depth information, and used for additional positional information . </Li> <Li> Vehicles: data recording equipment is usually mounted on the roof of a car . A Trike (tricycle) was developed to record pedestrian routes including Stonehenge, and other UNESCO World Heritage sites . In 2010 a snowmobile - based system captured the 2010 Winter Olympics sites . Trolleys have been used to shoot the insides of museums, and in Venice the narrow roads were photographed with backpack - mounted cameras, and canals were photographed from boats . </Li> <Li> A portable back - pack Google Trekker is used in outdoor terrain . For instance, the six main paths up Snowdon were mapped by the Google Trekker in 2015 . </Li> </Ul>

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