
The downside, from what we can tell, is that there doesn't appear to be any 360-degree photo support here. This is what will allow other Street View users to click (or tap) around and follow your path virtually. While you will record the space ahead of you as you walk down a given path, your recordings will be converted into a series of "connected images" instead of a live video. Well, "footage" may not be the right word for this tool. If you have an Android device with support for ARCore, you can download the recently-updated Street View app and start capturing ground-level footage for your fellow users to take advantage of. Ordinarily, you'd need a fancy 360-degree camera to accomplish this task, but thanks to a new announcement from Google Product Manager Stafford Marquardt, those requirements have been eliminated. Fortunately, ordinary users can now contribute to the Street View project just by using their smartphones. However, Street View is limited by what Google and its partners have been able to map out – there are still plenty of locations that the company hasn't been able to get to yet. In brief: Google Maps is an incredibly useful tool, largely thanks to its helpful "Street View" feature.
