Google Maps Street View (Philippines)
I have not really explored much of Google Earth’s street maps but lately I’ve been doing some exploration of my hometown in the Philippines – Laoag City. Google Maps street view of the place is absolutely fantastic. I’ve learned a lot about my own city’s streets (which I did not know prior to using Google Earth).
Here are sample photos of the Street View in Google Maps updated this April 2009. The second image is more detailed (lower zoom) and it gives a clear view of how the streets are connected within a certain location. If you want to take a tour of your own city in the virtual world, then all you have to do is use Google earth and set your location by name and you’ll see street views in a whole new way. Alternatively, you can set the Google Latitude Longitude to see the exact location of the coordinates (just in case you are not aware of the name of the coordinates given).
Google Maps Street View
Google Maps Street View (lower magnification, more details)
In your cell phones, you can download Google Maps for Your Mobile Phones and see the photos similar to the ones shown above. But you have to check the supported phones before doing this to ensure that you can really utilize this nifty mapping tool.
Between Google Earth 5 and Microsoft Virtual earth, I’m inclined to favor the former because its satellite photos of earth are really amazing. Google Maps Street views are also constantly updated every few months. Google Map Maker is also available here in the Philippines but I have yet to check it out and probably submit photos I’ve taken here in my home province so that tourists can better appreciate our place and be given directions ahead of time before coming here. This is especially useful because our province is a tourist spot in the country and many foreigners come here every here to take a vacation.
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Dude, you dont understand what streetview is…in the philippines there is no street view, just the normal google maps. Street view is a view where u can ‘walk through’ the streets
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i admire very much your advance technologies i would like to view my house in the philippines,,,, thank you
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