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Google Maps Adds Live Cams
Google Maps Adds Live Cams – Google
Image from Google Maps captured with Skitch
Google has added a live camera layer to the already info-rich Google Maps site. Cam aggregator Webcams.travel currently indexes over 9,000 live cameras each of which can be accessed from within Google Maps via the “More” menu – see above image. Only a thumbnail image taken within the last fifteen minutes is shown on Google Maps, but clicking the image once brings up a larger image and a second click opens a live view at the Webcams.travel site.
Live webcam broadcasts are almost as old as the Web itself, with the first such cam serving a live stream of a coffee pot at the University of Cambridge computer lab. This webcam was live from 1991 to 2001.
Large webcam aggregators, like EarthCam and the more focused TrafficLand, already exist, but Google’s ubiquity may transform this useful, existing application into a necessity.
It might also make everyone a “Big Brother.”
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