Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

Re:Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View by Gerardd on Thursday December 27, 2018 @08:36AM (#18769325)

I was impatient for Street View to reach my country so I made my own back in 2014. I took photospheres of my university campus and made a website for it using an embedded Street View container. I did it as a personal project. The university ended up discounting a reasonable chunk of my tuition as a recognition and for my effort! First I was taking individual photos on my DSLR and stiching them manually then I continued the bulk using a spare Android phone which made everything (slightly) easier (auto stiching, geo-tagged...) but I still had to stand at each point and take 18+ photos for each photosphere. You can check it on http://discoveruob.com

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Re:Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View by sarcher on Thursday December 27, 2018 @10:36AM (#18770022)

I really enjoyed clicking around and virtually touring the campus - especially knowing how much work it must have been!

What a great project, glad the university recognized your effort.

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Re:Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View by Gerardd on Thursday December 27, 2018 @01:41PM (#18771446)

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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