Taking online maps down to street level
Taking online maps down to street level
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DOI：
10.1109/mc.2007.442
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
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2.2
通讯作者：
Vincent, Luc
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作者：
Vincent, Luc
自从1996年MapQuest.com创建以来，在线地图系统迅速在全球范围内流行起来。在谷歌Maps的引领下，2004年开始出现新的复杂的AJAX（异步JavaScript和XML）地图应用程序。最近提供的最好的在线地图系统是航空图像。这些图像将所谓的GeoWeb提升到了一个新的水平，为房地产销售、保险、环境管理、市政府、紧急服务和执法等活动提供了巨大的价值，同时也吸引了偶然的Web用户。然而，这些图像往往不够详细，从上面看建筑物和街道可能会令人不安。为了解决这个问题，谷歌在2007年5月推出了谷歌地图的街景功能。其基本思想非常简单：提供一个界面，可以以自然的方式显示街道级图像，从而在不丢失地图上下文的情况下方便地在图像之间导航。
Since MapQuest.com's creation in 1996, online mapping systems have rapidly gained worldwide popularity. With Google Maps leading the charge, new sophisticated AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) mapping applications began appearing in 2004. A fairly recent offering of the best online mapping systems is aerial imagery. Such imagery takes the so-called GeoWeb to the next level, providing tremendous value to activities such as real estate sales, insurance, environmental management, municipal government, emergency services, and law enforcement, as well as engaging serendipitous Web users. Yet the imagery often is not detailed enough, and viewing buildings and streets from above can be disconcerting. To address this limitation, Google launched the Street View feature of Google Maps in May 2007. The underlying idea is very simple: Provide an interface that can display street-level images in a natural way that enables convenient navigation between images without losing the map context.