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[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago

But isn't that feature a crucial component of people adding 360° pictures to google maps?

[-] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 99 points 1 year ago

Maybe the Pixel team didn't talk to the Maps team. Maybe they did and the maps team said they didn't care. Maybe everyone involved in all of these features has since left the company. With Google, who knows?

[-] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

The accuracy of this comment is amazing.

[-] figaro@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

This is literally the answer to all of the questions

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 38 points 1 year ago
[-] SomeRandomWords@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago

Whoa I had no idea this happened. I used to be a part of a group that would go in and add street view for places like public transit stations so people could gauge accessibility. It's such a shame that Google killed that ability...

[-] Paradox@lemdro.id 14 points 1 year ago

You should refocus your efforts to OpenStreetMap and it's associated entities. Don't give Google free data they will later take away or charge you for

[-] SomeRandomWords@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

A lot of it was updated with both OSM (imagery via Mapillary) and Google Maps.

While I love the "don't make Google stronger" stance, the goal wasn't to help Google but instead to help the people who needed the imagery. And (at the time, at least) most people planned their routes using Google Maps so it was important to meet them where they were.

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