> I just had the MOST FRUSTRATING conversation with the project lead on Google Street > View, who refused to acknowledge that anyone was doing mashups of Street View
Not only do they know- "Your [StreetView Hack] site was brought to my attention by the Google Maps team." (Google Legal), but I personally requested that they open up the API: "I would like to see Google open up this API and document it. ...I believe the community at large would benefit from Google releasing this data in an open way, and allowing people to mashup the imagery". Tom Longson (nym) On 8/8/07, Annalee Newitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm writing an article for New Scientist that will, in part, be about > the future of map hackery in 3D worlds like Google Earth. I just had the > MOST FRUSTRATING conversation with the project lead on Google Street > View, who refused to acknowledge that anyone was doing mashups of Street > View -- or even that users were requesting functionality that went > beyond scale (ie, more cities). WTF. > > I *know* there are awesome hacks/mashups for Street View, including one > that Mikel Maron worked on at Where Camp > (http://brainoff.com/weblog/2007/06/03/1253). What else is out there? > Annalee > > -- > Annalee Newitz > > writer: science, technology, pop culture, sex > http://www.techsploitation.com/ > * > president: computer professionals for social responsibility > http://www.cpsr.org > * > editor: other > http://www.othermag.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking >
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