VideoStreetView.com is known for being the first web-platform to publish a full-motion 360°

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. Its headquarter is based in

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, Switzerland. The company also has an office in

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, Vietnam. The technology used to realize a VideoStreetView is a 360° video capture of the street. The viewer deals with an interactive map in which he can move freely from the top, to the bottom and on the left and the right. Many hotspots and POI (points of interest) offers to the viewer more informations.

History

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is the company that originated the project. It was initially founded in 2003 by two brothers whom operated their business as a small student-driven structure. At the time of creation Marek Donnier was aged 23 and Jan-Mathieu Donnier was aged 20. The first public-released project website, PersoNews.com, a scalable city-guide and agenda, included more than 800 individual recreation structures and some 360° oneshot virtual tours. In 2007, the company changed its name and

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and evolved to a

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. In 2008 it secured a partnership with Citroen and started its own StreetView project to map major cities in Switzerland. Several cameras are attached to the car’s roof and take pictures while the car is moving. GlobalVision acquired the domain names streetview.ch and videostreetview.com even before

Google Street View Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched in 2007 in several cities in the United States, and has since exp ...

stepped up in Europe. The VideoStreetView.com website has been on a beta release since mid-2009, but was officially announced in December 2009. Since 2014, a video street view is now possible from the sky. From the platform calle
Aerial GlobalVision
the viewer can see 360° panoramic aerial images. Those 360° panoramic are realized by using drones. The drone stabilized the camera to have a smooth images result. For now, it is possible to visit the city of Geneva and its environs, the Alps, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. As the Videostreetview, some hotspots and POI provide additional informations.

VideoStreetView coverage

As of May 2013, videostreetview.com includes content in Dubai, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Noi, and many areas in Switzerland. In its press release the company claims having covered 14'000 kilometers in Switzerland. According to immersive content already available on VideoStreetView, the mapping service currently covers the following areas of Switzerland:

History

VideoStreetView coverage

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