Google Maps is a powerful tool for navigating the world around you. It provides detailed layouts to guide you through known and unknown territory, reducing the chances of getting lost. Also, Maps ...

Panoramic photos are one of the coolest and most immersive ways to share a photograph these days. But, shooting one isn’t quite as simple as pointing and clicking. In fact, mastering 360 photos can be ...

For over a decade, Google Street View has let users visually explore landscapes from the first-person point of view in over 100 countries and territories. That means users can travel back in time up ...

If roaming the world with a camera taking snaps for Google Street View, and actually getting paid for it, sounds like a dreamy job, you may want to start considering a career change. Early next month, ...

Most of us rely on navigation apps to get where we need to go. There are countless options out there, but Google Maps remains the most popular. Does your smartphone ...

Street View has enabled time wasters online since 2007. It provides a glimpse into the ordinary lives of people from all over the world, exposing the mundanity of daily existence. This is an ...

To blur your home on Google Street View, visit Google Maps, enter your address, open Street View, click “Report a Problem”, select “My Home”, provide details, and submit. Google will review your ...

In 15 years, Google Street View has circled the planet 400 times. WIRED walks through all those years of gadgets and gear to understand the tools Google Street View uses to map the world. Google ...

One of the first things people do when they use Google Street View is check out the place where they live. So when Tawanda Kanhema moved to the United States in 2009, he looked up his hometown of ...

Matt Hickman is an associate editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. His writing has been featured in Curbed, Apartment Therapy, URBAN-X, and more. Google Street View is a magical, marvelous thing. After ...