Street View App sunset 😭

[PaulPavlinovich]

According to Engadget the dedicated Street View App is about to be removed from the App Stores.

 https://www.engadget.com/google-shutting-down-dedicated-street-view-app-102514292.html

This means the only way to add spheres is via Street View Studio  https://streetviewstudio.maps.google.com/ and other commercial offerings and that photo paths will no longer be possible to upload.

This appears to be confirmed in https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/1/23435733/google-maps-street-view-standalone-app-discontinue-suppo...

And the story that started it all by decompiling the app https://9to5google.com/2022/11/01/google-street-view-app-shutting-down/

This does make me a bit sad about photo paths.

Paul

[OSAMA_]

It's sadden us really @PaulPavlinovich 

I loved that app in my device to check my work as a reference while out on the go

Regards 

[SholaIB]

Wow @PaulPavlinovich And @OSAMA_ 

This is true at the last !!! That's something really, this is not a wonderful news to those of us who have uploaded lots of 360 photos and more than a thousand kilometer of photopath.

What are we going to do now?

[MortenCopenhagen]

Hi @PaulPavlinovich

You may want to merge this with 

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Street-View-App-Retired-No-More-Path-Creati...

All the best 

Morten 

[OSAMA_]

Nothing from your previous already published work going to disappear on Google maps. @SholaIB you will be able to see and check via Google Maps app your uploaded 360 shooting even when GSV app die 

Well, I started to recognize that they will bring a couple features from a GSV app to integrate them to Google Maps app and it will be one smartphone app to do many with. 

I dream to see the CAMERA Icon exist in GSV app in Google Maps app!!! 

If this happen, we will be able to shoot a 360 photos via Google Maps app, wow 

[PaulPavlinovich]

I would expect eventually we might see these features as web apps under the maps.google.com banner, that seems to be what happens. Something gets sunset and its features turn up later in another related product.

Even bits of the grand experiment poor old g+ is centre stage on YouTube these days.

Paul

[Vee-H]

It's a shame. Recently got a Ricoh Theta V that only supports publishing 360 Streetview videos through the android version of the GSV app and it was only considered a beta feature at that. Luckily I published some Streetview of some rural roads up in Northern Ontario and some small park pathways in my local city. But after this app goes away, not sure if this camera can still work for 360videos. 

[Yotaroh]

事実だとすると期待外れです。
プロの写真家は3rdパーティ製ツールを使っているので影響しませんが、一般の写真家にとって青丸を撮影場所に表示できる便利なツールです。
アプリの更新と新規インストールできないだけで現在利用しているツールが利用し続けられると良いのですが、どうなるのでしょうね？！

[Mukul_Anand]

The title of this post make me feel sad  @PaulPavlinovich  it's really a very big news for us local guides 🙏.

[PaulPavlinovich]

@Vee-H @Mukul_Anand as of today Studio now supports 360 video so keep contributing. If it doesn't work for you yet give it time its only just rolling out. I would not be at all surprised if Paths don't come back via Studio in the future too perhaps.

Paul