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

congratulations dear @TravellerG

you are doing a very good job with your community for your Country. You are a great guiding star :clap: :clap: :star2:

@TravellerG @Gurukrishnapriya Street View as you view it is working correctly.

If you are using ā€œLive Viewā€ walking navigation (this is not Street View per say, but uses the SV data for walking navigation and orientation), ie, based on your screenshot, certain features are highlighted to help you with walking, and it’s meant to keep you focus on your walking and not distract you, so you can focus on the road and not on the screen.

When using ā€œLive viewā€ walking navigation, stop walking, hold the phone upright to find orientation, and once you have your direction, put down the phone, it will only show direction, and you focus on your walking, and not on the screen. Then if you need to orient your direction again, stop walking, hold up the phone upright, and the screen will show up again.
It’s a feature, not a problem. Hope this helps. It’s meant to prevent accidents of people accidentally walking into holes or dangerous spots, but forcing people to focus on the road.

Hope this helps. Excuse my reply if I misunderstood your issue.

Watch this recording below. You will see Maps will force the screen to blank [forward to around 00:01:45 into the video] when you are walking. This video was recorded late 2020, so the layout/design may be a bit different.

Yes I could understand what you explained @StephenAbraham

As you said it is good to focus on the walk path, instead on phone and hence this feature. Thanks for your wonderful explanation. Very good. Thanks @TravellerG Sir for directing this to Steve. I got my doubt clarified.

Great article @TravellerG Sahab, and I’m so happy that now people can avail the facility of Street view blue lines in India too, but we are still waiting for thier first step to apply Google Street View in Pakistan :smiling_face:

ā€œā€¦ which are appearing like a broken threadā€¦ā€

Yes, you are right, dear fellow LG @Trail_blazer

Hope our @kiraan will give you the details for 360 Roads,

:+1: :heart: :pray:

ā€œā€¦ You are a great guiding starā€¦ā€

Your kind heart is speaking like this… Thank you for your kind compliments, my dear friend @PattyBlack .

Trying to give company to friends like you.

Best regards

Thanks a lot dear Steve, for your detailed explanation.

Happy to read that our @Gurukrishnapriya also got her doubts cleared.

Regards

@StephenAbraham

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ā€œā€¦ waiting for thier first step to apply Google Street View in Pakistanā€¦ā€

I’m sure, soon SV will be enabled in Pakistan too.

It will be a great moment to see the SV liber they.

Thanks for your kind words and valuable support, as always, dear @KashifMisidia Ji…

Loving regards to you…

:handshake: :bouquet: :pray:

First Install GOOGLE STREET VIEW app

Open the app & click Create button bottom of the screen and
select the PHOTO PATH Option to start the video or the Roads ( keep mobile in vertical mode)

@TravellerG Sir… Thanks for the detailed info.Its really helpful for every one… :+1:t2: :blush:

@kiraan big thanks for detailed explanation i shall give it a try soon.

Welcome, dear @Soumendra

Thanks for your kind compliments.

Regards

Very good information @TravellerG

Regards

Hello dear Level 10 fellow LG @HsRawal

Thanks for your kind feedback.

Happy that the post is helpful.

Regards

Hello friend @TravellerG I wished you to tag me in this post to share my talk as I am a Street View Shooter as you know.

Well, congratulations to Indian people to start the new Maps contribution.

Question: why wasn’t a Street View feature on Google maps in India before? Do you know the answer? To me I don’t know really!

Why do you think these 360 photos are a privacy concern or a vilolated and want to report them ?

Can I see one please?

Thank you for the news

Hello, my dear friend @OSAMA_1

ā€œā€¦congratulations to Indian people to start the new Maps contributionā€¦ā€
Thank you.

Question: why wasn’t a Street View feature on Google maps in India before?

Govt of India never wanted Google to capture Street View for the reason of Privacy/sensitive areas. Now an Indian corporate has covered this & hence collaborated with Google, as per Govt. guidelines.

ā€œā€¦do you think these 360 photos are a privacy concernā€¦ā€

I don’t think there is a privacy problem in public areas - defence areas & other sensitive areas are to be avoided.

Here is one of my 360 shots from Children’s Seat, Yercaud - Here

Thanks for your valuable companionship.

PS:
Sorry for not tagging you.

Wish you all the best, dear @Trail_blazer

Yes, you can also reach our @OSAMA_1 for any doubt in StreetView photography.

:handshake: :+1:

Thank you for replying @TravellerG

I checked the photo, there isn’t any violation committed

@TravellerG Tried Street photography as you told me but the video takes forever to post and in the end they all fail. File is corrupt something like that the message reads. I tried multiple files and cleaned video but nothing works. So as of now i have stopped trying will see in future.

I’m so sorry to hear this, LG @Trail_blazer .

I can understand your frustration…

I have also learned that certain Mobiles have this problem - some others work very smoothly though.

Please try with another mobile when your time permits.

All the best…