Link: Getting Google's Street Views.
Maybe you've seen one cruising the streets in your city: A platinum gray Volkswagen Beetle with a camera that looks like a small disco ball fixed to the roof. They've been driving the streets in major cities across the country, snapping some 125 million images to be digitally woven into 360-degree views of everything from New York's South Street Seaport to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.
The fleet of VW Beetles is the brainchild of David McCutchen, a 56-year-old entrepreneur who has been trying to make the Web three-dimensional. He's the co-founder and chief technology officer of Calgary (Alta.)-based Immersive Media (IMSVF), a company that may have a good shot at doing just that. For example, Street View, the popular new feature on Google (GOOG) Maps, is made possible through an exclusive license with Immersive.
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