Launching later this year is the already announced immersive view, which combines billions of Street View and aerial images to create a digital model of places around the globe. The Street View imagery also powers Live View, a feature where you can use your phone’s camera to see arrows, directions and distance markers placed right on top of the real world. According to Google, the new camera will be seen in “fun Google colors” alongside Street View cars and trekkers next year. Street View imagery is used to improve Google Maps, whether that’s adding newly opened businesses or improving information such as speed limits and business opening hours. Having these cameras roam the streets helps Google improve its Google Maps data. For instance, there aren’t any lidar sensors built-in (laser scanners typically found in Street View cars that operate in cities), so they can be added when required, especially when it’s necessary to collect important and helpful imagery like lane markings or potholes.
Plus, instead of creating completely new camera systems to capture certain areas like Google used to do, the new camera is customizable.
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