DIY Google Street View project?

DIY Google Street View project? 0

Submitted by Ismenio on Saturday May 16 2009, @01:21PM

Ismenio writes "Folks,

Does anyone have any ideas for a do-it-yourself Google Street View like project on the 'cheap'?
I am planning to visit a few places outside the US important to me and would like to be able to set up a site for friends and family to visit and would like to give them the Street View-like experience so that they could navigate, pan and zoom in the areas I have. Though being able to use GPS coordinates would be great, that's certainly something I can do without.

I know I can take pictures and stitch them together to create panoramic views but I would like to be able to also navigate though some streets.
Would it make sense to record it with an HD camera, batch export frames as pictures? Is there any software in the open source community that I can use?

A few links I'm looking at now:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4232286.html
http://www.easypano.com/about-city8.html

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,

Ismenio"

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