{"id":1844898,"date":"2025-08-28T10:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844898"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:36:45","slug":"the-unofficial-street-view-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/08\/the-unofficial-street-view-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unofficial Street View Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The secret economics of Google Street View\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jp2Qgw44MsA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in September 2024, Phil Edwards explored the hidden, unofficial economy Google Street View, where third parties spend money and resources uploading 360-degree imagery to promote a region or tourist attraction or local business or whatever, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jp2Qgw44MsA\">this 22\u00bd-minute YouTube video<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in September 2024, Phil Edwards explored the hidden, unofficial economy Google Street View, where third parties spend money and resources uploading 360-degree imagery to promote a region or tourist attraction or local business or&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/08\/the-unofficial-street-view-economy\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-08-28T14:36:47+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lxhrewg4es2s","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lxhrewg4es2s\",\"cid\":\"bafyreichhvmlncod7nrytqwzntohhznsamn5qxqwofw5ahcdmcklheustm\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreibit3cyikc37ssvdoguyyqn5rkpkbbxrd2sn3c2f223psnlsomwhe\",\"rev\":\"3lxhrewgd7k2s\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[82,108],"class_list":["post-1844898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-google-maps","tag-street-view","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789836,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/12\/google-street-view-app-enables-user-uploaded-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844898,"position":0},"title":"Google Street View App Enables User-Uploaded Photos","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 December 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Google announced earlier this month that their updated Street View app for Android\u2014as an Apple user I had no idea that Street View was a separate app on Android\u2014now supports user-contributed photos to Street View. \u201cAfter you record your images and publish them via the Street View app, we automatically\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/street-view-icon-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":503811,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/12\/street-view-car-gets-disrespected-by-the-bing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844898,"position":1},"title":"Street View Car Gets Disrespected by the Bing","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 December 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"What happens when a Google Street View car meets its Bing equivalent?\u00a0The Verge explains: \"As it turns out, when two Google Street View and Bing cars pass each other, only one (in this case Google) will admit to it publicly. 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