Mmm, but maybe they can make it now. Because the technology and the algoritms are improved a lot now (launch of Google Similar Images, Google Goggles, Streetview similar images, etc.)
So maybe we can give Google this suggesting again. And if somebody has some 20% time left and like the idea... ;) On 24 dec, 20:54, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 24, 7:22 pm, Ik On <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My question is: Can you use that SAME ALGORITM to give Google an image > > you took and Google shows you/matches that building in streetview > > (AND can give you more information about that building) > > > NOT to calculate the position by yourself (but give it to the Google > > streetview API or something like that) and using only the images and > > the streetname/GPS data (but combine the GPS data and the image you > > took with that algoritm)... > > No. Image matching like this was suggested a couple of years > agohttp://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-07-18-n23.htmlbut even Google's > processing doesn't match user-supplied images to their StreetView > data. > > Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
