Despite progress on the Google Maps preview proceeding very slowly in terms of adding back in features that were present in Classic Maps, Google continues to work on other fronts to make their new maps framework something to be experienced. Their latest addition was announced today and continues their effort to capitalize on Photo Spheres and their ability to mimic the Street View. In fact, Google says you can now build your own Street View by stringing together several Photo Spheres in the Views community and then sharing the result on Google Maps.
Once your new creation, built with Photo Spheres from an Android phone or DSLR, is published to Google Maps, visitors can navigate between the different points just like they navigate with normal Street View images. Developers will find they can even embed the interactive viewer on websites or in other applications thanks to the Google Maps API.
Google is hoping the new feature will help users produce views of the beautiful and interesting places they visit. Photographers are encouraged to stretch the bounds of the platform by producing Street Views that document changes over time, or subject to different weather conditions, or how events may change a place, all in-depth views Google is not able to capture with a brief drive-by.
source: Google Maps Blog
