{"id":277228,"date":"2010-02-04T13:37:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/rumor_is_google_planning_to_take_street_view_into_stores.php"},"modified":"2010-02-04T13:37:40","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:37:40","slug":"is-google-planning-to-take-street-view-into-stores-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/277228","title":{"rendered":"Is Google Planning to Take Street View into Stores? (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pegmen_logo_jan09.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/images\/pegmen_logo_jan09.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>According to a new rumor, Google could soon take Street View indoors and allow its users to walk into virtual stores. Barry Schwartz from <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-maps-to-add-google-store-views-35153\">Search Engine Land<\/a> just received information from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohnuts.com\/\">a retailer in New York<\/a> that Google came to their store to take pictures of the inside of the store. <\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">digg_url = 'http:\/\/digg.com\/tech_news\/Is_Google_Planning_to_Take_Street_View_into_Stores';digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff';digg_skin = 'normal';<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/tools\/diggthis.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">tweetmeme_url = 'http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/rumor_is_google_planning_to_take_street_view_into_stores.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: We just received confirmation from an anonymous source that Google is indeed working on this project.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=18111&amp;cb=18111' ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=18111&amp;n=18111' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>We just heard from a retailer in San Francisco that Google also photographed the inside of their store about 2 weeks ago &#8211; after seeking permission to do so, of course. According to our source, the Google employee used a &#8220;specialized camera which he rotated to take the 360 degree shot.&#8221; In addition, he also took shots &#8220;looking out of the store as if exiting.&#8221; This last part makes sense if Google wants to use this sequence of images to simulate the process of entering and exiting the store.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, scaling up a program like this would be a lot harder to do than having a fleet of cars drive around the country and take photos in what is now a mostly automated process. <\/p>\n<p>Here is the image that Search Engine Land received from the New York-based retailer:  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"google_store_view_camera.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/images\/google_store_view_camera.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Given that Google is already using its <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/street-view-we-can-trike-wherever-you.html\">Street View trikes <\/a>in parks, university campuses and zoos, locations like large malls would seem like a more reasonable area to expand Street View to first. Taking Street View indoors does make a lot of sense, however. Stores and malls are the obvious example that Google could monetize, but the company could also use the same technology in museums or public buildings. <\/p>\n<p>The problem with these locations, though, is that Google can&#8217;t rely solely on GPS to create these indoor views. Maybe that&#8217;s why the company decided to work with smaller locations first to try out different methods for creating reliable indoor maps efficiently. It is worth noting that there are currently only a handful of mobile apps that offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pointinside.com\/\">indoor maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>We asked Google for a comment about this rumor and will update the story once we hear back from them.<\/em>   <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/rumor_is_google_planning_to_take_street_view_into_stores.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/lVd4APakymU1ZmYkRL4ckzutPDQ\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/lVd4APakymU1ZmYkRL4ckzutPDQ\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/lVd4APakymU1ZmYkRL4ckzutPDQ\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/lVd4APakymU1ZmYkRL4ckzutPDQ\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=XNu5wsUVWKM:QjNojGLiFiY:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~4\/XNu5wsUVWKM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new rumor, Google could soon take Street View indoors and allow its users to walk into virtual stores. Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Land just received information from a retailer in New York that Google came to their store to take pictures of the inside of the store. Update: We just received [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":592,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}