What type of camera is used for those street level 360 degree view pictures on Google Earth ?
The car I’ve seen around Boston is a Chevy Cobalt with a roof rack full of cameras and antennas. No way to tell what the cameras are. Wikipedia has more details: “Google Street View displays scans taken from a fleet of Chevrolet Cobalt, Saturn Astra or Toyota Prius cars in North America, Opel/Vauxhall Astras in Europe, Holden Astras in Australia and New Zealand, Toyota Prius cars in Japan, Fiat Stilos in Brazil, Toyota Yaris’ in South Africa [2] and Pontiac G5 in Mexico.[3] Pedestrian areas, narrow streets and park alleys that cannot be accessed by car are not always covered. However, sometimes Google Trikes (tricycles) are used.[4] On each of these cars (and tricycles) there are nine directional cameras for the 360° views, GPS units for positioning, three laser range scanners, manufactured by SICK, for the measuring of up to 50 meters 180° in the front of the vehicle. On the cars there are also 3G/GSM/Wi-Fi antennas for scanning 3G/GSM and Wi-Fi hotspots.[5] Recently, high quality ima
