Viewing (how to use) Google Street View on Google Maps in India - TravellerG

[TravellerG]

Caption: Cover Photo - The PC version of the Google Street View - a screenshot. (Location: 100 Feet Road, Indira Nagar, Bangalore, India)

Hello friends,

Many of us have seen the news that Google Street View is available in India (in 10 cities to start with - names given at the end) from Wednesday the 27th of July. However, I could not find the method to start using the same - here is my attempt.

How to use this feature:

1. Search for a street or road in Google Maps - while it is displayed, on the Left Bottom, you can see the ‘Street View’ icon - touch the same - it turns into 360 Walkthrough mode & then you can use the cursor to navigate.
2. And if the Street View icon is not visible, then pinch to zoom (use the mouse on the PC) the road. When it is in maximum, “DROP A PIN” (Keep touching the road for more than a second), then the ‘Dropped Pin’ becomes visible along with the Street View Icon - then touch on the icon - you will get the Street View.
3. Having said that, after some studies, the current version is not perfect - there are many incomplete roads.
4. Warning: While checking some roads, I’m getting some private property 360 photos - Let us start reporting them.

5. The PC Version looks more perfect & easy to use. In PC, from Street View, we can directly go to Satelite mode & even view the area at an angle - a lot more to explore.

Caption: The mobile version of Google Street View - A pin dropped - screenshot.

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Have you tried to explore Google Street View in India? If not, kindly check and give your feedback in the comments.

What is your opinion?

Have you any other findings? Let me know, I shall add it to this post for the benefit of all.

Note:

Cities having this feature as of 28-07-22: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Vadodara.

@NareshDarji @StephenAbraham @TusharSuradkar @AjitThite @Anil6969 @Shrut19 @FalguniP @AnshukMitra @Kinjalchhaya @Tejal

[TravellerG]

Hello dear team members,

Hope this information will be helpful to you.

@Gurukrishnapriya , @JohnPeter @RtnArulPrakasamT @Jose_G_Benjamin @ashishdesai24 , @Megh_Thekdi @sophie_fusion @Sophia_Cambodia @Velvel @Soumendra

[Mukul_Anand]

It’s really a helpful post dear @TravellerG as we all know about street view but many people have some doubts regarding it so it will definitely help them . I like that you mentioned to report the 360 view of some private properties , well done .

[GovindJha]

@TravellerG helpful post for all of us. Thank you for sharing

[kiraan]

I am using the Street View App & adding roads to the map

[BijohnAdams]

It is really a most helpful post for all the Google Maps users. Thank you so much @TravellerG sir for sharing this important post…

[NareshDarji]

Finally, the Street view is visible in India after so long.

Thanks for sharing this post @TravellerG

[StephenAbraham]

@TravellerG thanks for sharing this useful guide. A few more notes to add on.

1. Picture below, if on desktop browser, in any location, one can “click Pegman” to turn on blue lines to see which street/location has Street View data.

Note the 3 different icons for Street View (thick blue lines), Photo Path (broken blue lines), and Photo sphere (blue circles).

That would make it easier to locate where there is Street View related data.

2. Picture below, if on Google Maps app.

Click on the layer icon, and then select “Street View” to turn on the Street View layer, and the same 3 different data for Street View (thick blue lines), Photo Path (broken blue lines), and Photo sphere (blue circles) will appear.

3. Picture below. The 3 different main types of Street View data.

a) Street View (thick blue lines) - Continuous connected 360 photos which may be shot by Google Street View car, Google Street View Trekker, or by public using a supported 360 camera (usually in video mode or very tight continuous 360 photos)

example here: https://goo.gl/maps/TdrBXqu5P1tJwKA28

b) Photo Path (broken blue lines) - Continuous connected single viewport photo which is shot by public using Street View app and a normal phone camera (hence no 360 coverage, just a single view port)

example here: https://goo.gl/maps/JFL1dMNeGJMtjE6y5

c) Photo sphere (blue circles) - Single or group of 360 photo in a location, usually for a specific business or POI. Usually shot by public/professionals using DSLR, 360 cameras or Street View app 360 panorama function.

example here: https://goo.gl/maps/5QZo1nLhpEtkRAQJA

Hope this helps. Hope to have more cities in India covered soon in Street View.

[Saddam_1]

It’s great news @TravellerG sir

Thanks for sharing

[L-C]

This is great news for India to finally have Street View. However quite disappoint to see they couldn’t use Google’s own cameras, mostly because of government restrictions: the quality of the imagery is quite bad, even worse than the second generation of cameras that were introduced in 2008! Let’s hope Google can provide better cameras as soon as possible otherwise India will be under the standards of Street View imagery, not a great look for the country.

As other people said, be sure to click continuous blue lines to access it. Dashed lines are photo paths. Unfortunately Google doesn’t give a way to disable one kind of line, which makes selecting Street View or photo paths very hard. To ensure your are watching an official Google Street View imagery, check for the top left widget or the bottom of the screen to see the copyright of Google.

Also do not report 360 pictures in private areas. They are probably done by the owner of those areas. Happens a lot with businesses.

[VishalDeshmukh1122]

Very helpful and detailed post @TravellerG

[marchiano]

Terima Kasih Bapak @TravellerG berbagi pengetahuan tentang Google StreetView yang sangat bermanfaat bagi kita semua

Salam StreetView

[Pratik_89]

Hello @TravellerG this is going to be really helpful for all the lg.

Thank you so much for taking all the efforts for sharing such a great information.

[TravellerG]

Hello dear friend, @Mukul_Anand

Happy to note that the post was informative and helpful to you - sincerely thank you for your kind feedback.

I also request you to read the additional information provided by our @StephenAbraham , (below your response) - it is very informative.

All the best

[TravellerG]

You are welcome, my dear Govind,

Happy that the post was informative and helpful to you.

Thanks for your kind compliments.

Regards, @Govind_Jha

[TravellerG]

Congratulations, dear fellow LG, @kiraan

Extremely happy to know that you are active and contributing on regular basis.

1. Kindly publish your achievements in “Achievements” topic.

2. Also, write posts like mine, how other LGs can do what you are doing and achieving new badges - kindly explain - it should be useful to many.

Thanks with regards.

Note:

Your 635 kms is a mind blowing figure - congratulations.

How did you achieve this? Eager to know…

Thanks

[Gurukrishnapriya]

A good information @TravellerG Sir. I will use it here and see.

[Kinjalchhaya]

Yes very well said. In my view @TravellerG ,it’s not only useful post searching and having look around virtually for that specific place but also like various roads are visible and directly clicking on the same takes you to virtual presence of that location. I would be more interested to know if google gives us tools as their first hand contributor to cover more areas in less time ???

[TravellerG]

You are most welcome, dear @BijohnAdams .

Inspiring words from you all keep me contributing here.

Thanks for your kind feedback.

Best wishes…

[TravellerG]

Yes, Naresh Ji,

We are happy that Street View has become a reality.

Let us hope better for images and more places in future.

Thanks for your kind compliments, dear @NareshDarji