Who Takes Those Photos in “Street View” and How?

Google Street View, which was launched in Turkey in 2015; Integrated with Google Maps and Google Earth technologies It provides panoramic views of many public areas in the world along the streets. a technology service.

Anyone who wants can open it and tour street by street in many parts of the world. Sometimes even the ones people see in Street View. funny or scary sights It can also be on the agenda. Let’s get to our main topic, how are these images taken?

There are special cars for this job.

There are tools specifically designed for Google Maps to take Street View photos. These tools, It has high-resolution cameras and takes 360-degree panoramic photos by traveling along certain routes.. Thus, it can present us the streets, avenues and roads we see on the map in detail.

In some regions, instead of a car Bicycles with mounted cameras are used. Bicycles are generally preferred on narrow roads or in historical areas.

There is also the “Google Street View Trekker” method.

As you can imagine, vehicles cannot reach everywhere. Portable cameras are used for this. Approximately Equipment weighing 18 kg is mounted on the backpack and people working for this job at Google are walking and shooting. In return, people work 8 hours a day and earn a salary of around 1500 dollars.

In addition, anyone can contribute. Google users, photos taken with smartphones or 360-degree cameras Can upload to Google Maps. So you can do it too if you want.

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