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  • Now: The building has crisp straight lines (Source: goo.gl/VMlrzN)
  • Before: High rise buildings like this one had wavy lines (Source: goo.gl/VMlrzN)
  • Before: the old renderer would display a fish-eye projection of the image (Source: goo.gl/VMlrzN)
  • Now: WebGL allows to create a rendered sphere that looks as it would in reality (Source: goo.gl/VMlrzN)

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Rendering Improvements for Google Street View

In order to improve one of Google Maps’ most popular features, Google added a new Street View renderer to the Google Maps JavaScript API. Mobile users will see the biggest changes.

The improvements at a glance 

Better display:

Smoother transitions

Smoother loading animations

Object modeling improvements


Better mobile support:

WebGL imagery

Touch support

Motion tracking on mobile devices

Better controls:

Arrows and rectangles

Cleaner street names, labels and targets

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