Google launched its Popular but controversial Mapping Service Street View in Bangalore

Google launched its popular but controversial mapping service Street View in Bangalore, India on 26 May 2011. The service will allow users to view pedestrian-level photos of streets and houses. Google has already started the process of capturing images of Indian streets.

Bearing a camera mounted on the top, a Google car and a specially made tri cycle called Trike would drive through public places to capture street views for location identification. Google has however assured that the service will not be a threat to people’s privacy or security. With the help of a special technology, faces of people and number plates of cars will be blurred.

Assuring that the service will not be a threat to people’s privacy or security, he said faces of people and number plates of cars will be blurred through a special technology.  The service will only capture streets and thoroughfares. Any private information accidentally caught by camera will be taken off.

Street View would provide additional dimension to student’s learning of museums and other historical places. To prepare the Google Art project as well Street View’s technology was used to provide 360 view of museums and art works.