Google Street Views Allows Zooming In On Panoramio Photos

In February, Google added Panoramio pictures to Street Views, and today, Google is giving users the ability to zoom into those pictures. The new feature visually shows you which parts of the image has higher resolution, and then allows you to click on that section of the picture to zoom in. This is a neat […]

In February, Google added Panoramio pictures to Street Views, and today, Google is giving users the ability to zoom into those pictures. The new feature visually shows you which parts of the image has higher resolution, and then allows you to click on that section of the picture to zoom in. This is a neat feature that lets you explore landmarks directly in Google Maps, at a higher resolution.

Here is a quick demo, by Google, on how it works:

To see this in action for yourself, click here.


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