Street View on Google Maps
One of the most curious tools of Google receives an update. It is Street View, which now has its version 1.7.2.0 A question that most users of Android will have known through the notifications about updates system ofPlay Store, the current market of applications of Google However, it must be said that the new features are minimal, focusing, above all, on better adapting to the latest version of the operating system Android, known as Ice Cream Sandwich
For those who don't know Street View, it must be said that it is a curious complement attached to the Google maps showing roads and streets with panoramic photos In this way, the user can comfortably see the surroundings of a specific point, thus helping to find an address before leaving home, or to visit any place without having to physically move. All this thanks to photographs of 360 degreeshorizontal and 290 degree vertical, being able to sliding the view with the mouse, if we see these images from home, or by simply sliding our finger from a smartphone or tablet
Well, this tool, which was already implemented in portable devices in 2009, is now adapted to version Ice Cream Sandwich operating system Android adding a new function bar in this Version 1.7.2.0 With it it is possible to access the functions that, in previous versions of Android, were found in the drop-down button Menu, as is the possibility of going to the view of the map of the specific point that is you are viewing in the image.
Undoubtedly, a minor update that serves to improve the appearance and operation of this tool in the new terminals. A bet that Google ensures by improving all its applications to adapt them to this new version of its operating system, now available for both mobile phones and tablets. In addition, this tool has been introduced to learn about different places in South Korea and Russia, the last countries to be photographed to be able to visit them digitally.
Street View a tool released in 2007 inUnited States, where only five cities were scanned to create this project. At present it has extended throughout Europe and North America, with Africa and Asia being the continents with more land without register All this process is carried out by cars with built-in cameras that collect step by step the place through which they pass. To avoid the different privacy laws of all the countries in which it operates, Google blurs faces and license plates before publishing the images, although there are different web pages that collect curious and funny imagesthat unintentionally capture comic or surreal situations.
The application Street View on Google Maps is now available for download on mobile phones Android with any version of this operating system, although only those who have will enjoy the new action bar Ice Cream SandwichAs always, you can download completely free from Play Store
