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Google Street View adds user photos

Now you can look at user-submitted photos of popular locations in addition to the existing Google Street View pictures.

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Computing | by Emily Price | Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:40PM | 1 comment

Starting today you'll be able to get an even closer look at locations using Google Street View. The service has added a new option that allows you to look at not only the Google Street View photos but also user-submitted photos of popular areas that have been uploaded to the Google-owned site photo site Panoramio.

The pictures have been precisely-matched to the existing Street View images of the locations so when you're looking at an existing image you can click on the user submitted photos to take you a bit closer, or to look at an area from a different perspective. Right now the service is limited to exceptionally popular places such as Times Square and the Eiffel Tower where Panarimo had a great deal of pictures, but it would be great to see it extend elsewhere long-term.

You can check out a video showing how the new user photo option works after the break.

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Anonymous (3:30 PM on Thu Feb 26, 2009)

Smart move by Google to diffuse the privacy concerns before the big Google Street View UK release coming up! Here are some of the Google Street View images contributing to the privacy issues:

http://streetviewgallery.corank.com

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