Google Streetview Australia
Published by Aaron Spence on the 5th of August, 2008 — 6 Comments
Today Google launched Streetview in Australia, and it is brilliant. The coverage is simply mind boggling. Included is every major city or town in the entire country it seems.
Of course Streetview only shoots from streets at present, so they miss a lot, like Fraser Island, Uluru, National Parks, beaches, trails, mountains, waterfalls, accommodation, tours, shows etc but the vast coverage is great for getting an idea of a place.
In addition to incorporating Streetview scenes into Panedia, we’ll use it extensively to scope out places for high quality photography in cities and towns we’ve not been to before.
For the Streetview launch, Tourism Australia has chosen 8 virtual tours to showcase Streetview Oz. We have shot all the same places except Perth. So I’ve created a comparison gallery of the best Streetview images as chosen by Tourism Australia and the shots we took at the same place.
High resolution image comparison gallery: http://photos.panedia.com/p616902282
(I have changed the Streetview choices a little to make them match up better with the spot we shot from, but in every case the Streetview quality is the same.)
Surfers Paradise – Streetview
Surfers Paradise – Panedia
Canberra – Streetview
Canberra – Panedia
Alice Springs – Streetview
Alice Springs – Panedia
Sydney – Streetview
Sydney – Panedia
Check out all the comparison images in high resolution at our gallery here: http://photos.panedia.com/p616902282