Google removes photo sphere mode from the new Pixel
Google removes photo sphere mode from the new Pixel
www.androidauthority.com
The Pixel 8 lacks a camera mode Google offered since 2012
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But isn't that feature a crucial component of people adding 360° pictures to google maps?
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Maybe the Pixel team didn't talk to the Maps team. Maybe they did and the maps team said they didn't care. Maybe everyone involved in all of these features has since left the company. With Google, who knows?
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The accuracy of this comment is amazing.
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This is literally the answer to all of the questions
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They also notably ended their dedicated Street View app: https://9to5google.com/2022/11/01/google-street-view-app-shutting-down/.
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Whoa I had no idea this happened. I used to be a part of a group that would go in and add street view for places like public transit stations so people could gauge accessibility. It's such a shame that Google killed that ability...
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You should refocus your efforts to OpenStreetMap and it's associated entities. Don't give Google free data they will later take away or charge you for
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A lot of it was updated with both OSM (imagery via Mapillary) and Google Maps.
While I love the "don't make Google stronger" stance, the goal wasn't to help Google but instead to help the people who needed the imagery. And (at the time, at least) most people planned their routes using Google Maps so it was important to meet them where they were.
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