Google has certified its first consumer grade camera for its Street View Ready programme. Chinese manufacturer Insta360 announced that its Pro 360-degree camera was the first to receive this designati…
Google Malaysia Tells Us What It’s Like To Add Gunung Tahan To Street View
Google Malaysia is celebrating this year’s Malaysia Day by introducing Street View images for Gunung Tahan. The imagery will show all three trails to the summit of the highest peak in Peninsula …
Google Makes It Easier To Follow The Rio Olympics
The Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be opening soon, and Google is rolling out a host of new search features to make it easier for fans to keep up with the action. The 2016 games will see Google inclu…
Google Street View Now Includes Bruce Wayne’s Residence; And The Batcave
Google’s quest to document as much of the world as possible through Maps and Street View may have been taken a little too far. It turns out that the service now includes a listing for Bruce Wayn…
Google Adds Tioman And Labuan To Google Maps Street View
To fulfil Google’s aim of building the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world, the company has now added Tioman Island and Labuan’s Street View imagery to Google Maps in …
UMNO MP Thinks Google Maps Exposes Malaysia To External Threats From Israel
UMNO MP Datuk Raime Unggi has claimed that using Google Maps and Waze threatens national security as they give foreign countries information about Malaysia. The remark was made during Question Time in…
Google Street View Adds Images Of Peninsula Malaysia’s Coast
Images of the coast line of Peninsula Malaysia have been added to Google Street View, allowing people to kayak across the country without having to leave the comfort of their own homes. The images wer…
Google Street View Expands To East Malaysia; Throws In Panoramic View Of Mulu National Park
Google has expanded its Street View imagery of Malaysian roads to include Sabah and Sarawak. The effort took some six months, including the time to trek through Mulu National Park. This most recent ex…
Google And Malaysian Nature Society Paddle For Nature Campaign Draws To An End
The end of the Paddle for Nature campaign by the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) and Google came to an end in Langkawi earlier today. The project, which began six months ago, charted the coast of Penin…
Google Street View 101
Now that Google Maps Street View covers a large section of peninsula Malaysia, it might be time to sit down and examine precisely what the service actually is. For most Street View is an interesting d…
Google Maps Street View Now Covers 90% Of All Public Areas In Peninsular Malaysia
A major update to Google Maps now includes roughly 90-percent of peninsular Malaysia’s public roads. This refers to highways, state roads, urban centres, and ungated neighbourhoods. Street View …