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Life & fun · June 2, 2020

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Street View Simple – Explore Street View Data in a Browser

Street View Simple – Explore Street View Data in a Browser launched on June 2, 2020 with 62 votes, #810 of 4,317 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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Street View Simple is a browser-based tool for exploring Google Street View data. Launched in 2020, it allows users to navigate and view street-level imagery without leaving their browser. The tool is designed for anyone interested in exploring locations around the world through street view photography. It offers a straightforward interface for accessing and browsing Street View content directly online.

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There are still a few things that aren't quite right - not having an official API means you have to guess a lot. Details are in the code but the most prominent one is the rotation of the heading arrow targets that move to the next pano. It's incorrect in a number of places and after having tried a number of different things, I am declaring defeat - let me know if you have figured it out already. You can explore different locations by entering the lat/long as part of the URL, clicking on the Random / My location buttons or clicking on the arrows in each scene to move. You can also try dragging a Google Maps Street View URL from a different browser onto the main window - this doesn't always…from callumprentice.github.io

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