Across the world, folks concerned with privacy are flipping out about Google Street View.
They could demand changes to the service the way they did in the Google Street View case.
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The company already has significant interests in location services through its Google Maps and Google Street View offerings.
The project is directed by Sebastian Thrun, who also co-founded Google Street View.
Google Street View provides users a street-level view of their destination before starting a route and shortly before arriving.
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In April, Google claimed that its Google Street View cars did not collect or store information sent over Wi-Fi networks.
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The move came after a heated public debate about Google Street View , which provides footage from streets around the world.
There was a time, for example, when Google allowed German users to blur their homes out on Google Street View.
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But in Lithuania the government's use of Google Street View has resonated well, and authorities have been aided by the local populace.
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There was a time when something like Google Street View seemed implausible.
The headliner: the addition of Google Street View for Google Maps.
Jobs demonstrated several functions on the iPad, including Google Street View and used the reader function to pull up the New York Times and Time magazine.
To better depict the user's surroundings, the Garmin StreetPilot Onboard app for iPhone will now also include new graphical features such as Google Street View and Panorama View 3D.
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Google Street View and Panorama View 3D are already available for the NAVIGON Android and iPhone apps but will now also be added to the Garmin StreetPilot Onboard app for iPhone.
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Germany already regulated Google Street View into oblivion.
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Seizing upon a request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center to investigate, FCC last week injected itself into the Google Street View matter and, if we may extrapolate, the larger issue of internet privacy.
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From 2008 till 2010 Google not only took photographs of streets and houses for its service Google Street View, but also at the same time captured wireless networks within range of the vehicles used for that purpose.
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The delayed Google Street View-powered Wii Street U update is expected to arrive in mid-February, and other demonstrations are planned for GDC in March as Nintendo attempts to capitalize on an internet connection rate of 74 percent.
But even if the Microdrones are intended for mere experimentation, the suggestion of flying Google drones would still almost certainly set off another round of protest from privacy advocates, particularly in Europe, where Google Street View photography has faced years of criticism.
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You can also go directly into its Yelp page and take a peek at individual reviews. (Apple also cleverly sneaked in an easter egg: all of its stores are represented by an Apple logo.) Google Street View fans will be disappointed to see that there isn't really an equivalent feature here.
The Google Street View service that has brought us Earth as we might not be able to afford to see it as well criticism that some scenes along its 5 million miles of the globe's roadways invade privacy this month has turned its 360-degree cameras on road trips through five national parks in California.
Google launched Street View in Germany last month, but allowed those uncomfortable with the service to blur their homes.
The connected Audi MIB system powers Audi connect, which enables live updates of Google Earth imagery complete with Google Maps Street View 360 degree panoramas.
Over two months ago, Internet search giant Google acknowledged that in the course of collecting information for its Google Maps Street View project, its roving vehicles inadvertently collected data, such as bits of web pages and email messages, over public, unsecured Wi-Fi networks.
During an interview on CNN's "Parker Spitzer, " Schmidt advised people unhappy with Google's Street View project, which raised privacy concerns after Google's vehicles inadvertently collected people's e-mail addresses and passwords over Wi-Fi networks, to move.
Google's Street View project sent hundreds of vehicles to photograph city streets around the world so that people using Google Maps could see 360-degree images of the locations.
After the Wi-Spy Street View snafu, Google stopped mapping Wi-Fi spots with its Street View cars, instead mapping them using geolocation feedback from Android phones. (Apple does something similar with the iPhone.) Moving forward, though, Google will let Wi-Fi hotspot owners opt not to be included on the map.
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It seems the 315-year-old map was found by divers capturing Google Maps underwater street view images.
Google's Street View, which snaps the whole scene, would seem to pass that test, he said.
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