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48-398: As of 2024 satellite imagery shows runway 11/29 extended to 3.60 km. As of November 2024 Google Street View shows a sign at the air base entrance 1912-2012 and 100 Лет ( 100 years ). Up until late 2009 it was the home of the 105th Composite Aviation Division and 455th Bomber Aviation Regiment, both with 16th Air Army / Special Purpose Command , the air forces command of

96-615: A New York Times feature on top players. Android version history#Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (API level 17) The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of its first beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. The operating system has been developed by Google on a yearly schedule since at least 2011. New major releases are announced at Google I/O in May along with beta testing with

144-867: A flying saucer , and when dragged near the Florida Keys or Hawaii , he becomes a mermaid. When viewing older views, the Pegman in the minimap changes to Doc Brown from Back to the Future . At Loch Ness , Pegman turns into Nessie wearing a tartan hat , where Street View includes coverage of the lake itself as well as the nearby A82 road and rural areas. Google announced in May 2017 that it had captured more than 10 million miles (16 million kilometres) of Street View imagery across 83 countries. Maps also include panoramic views taken underwater such as in West Nusa Tenggara underwater coral, in

192-529: A local business owner in Edinburgh who, in 2012, staged a fake murder for the Google camera car by lying in the road "while his colleague stood over him with a pickaxe handle ". In May 2010, it was revealed that Google had collected and stored payload data from unencrypted Wi-Fi connections as part of Street View. The concerns have led to Google not providing or suspending the service in countries around

240-399: A nuclear bomber base in a nuclear war study. However, no other sources on Long-Range Aviation list it as a bomber base. On 9 November 2020 on the base a private allegedly killed an officer with an axe, used the officer's service pistol to fatally shoot two others and to wound a fourth before being detained. Accounts as to the background and motive include an altercation during an inspection,

288-584: A partnership was announced between Street View and the environmental monitoring company Aclima. Cars carry sensors to detect pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide , ozone , and particulates . In October, support for Google Cardboard was announced, allowing users to utilize Street View in 360-degree virtual reality. In 2017, imagery inside the International Space Station was added to Street View. In August 2017, Google also allowed users to create their own Street View-like blue paths for

336-537: A photographer to take panoramic images of the interior of their premises, which were then included in Street View. Google sets up a program to let third parties borrow the Street View Trekker (a backpack-mounted camera). Business interior views are shown as small orange circles. In 2014, Street-level imagery from the past can now be optionally seen, if available, for a given street view. In 2015,

384-634: A redesigned user interface built around a responsive design language referred to as " material design ". Other changes include improvements to the notifications, which can be accessed from the lockscreen and displayed within applications as top-of-the-screen banners. Furthermore, Google made internal changes to the platform, with the Android Runtime (ART) officially replacing Dalvik for improved application performance, and with changes intended to improve and optimize battery usage, known internally as Project Volta . Android 6.0 "Marshmallow"

432-480: A request, in addition to the automatic blurring of faces and licence plates. Privacy advocates have objected to Google Street View, pointing to views found to show men leaving strip clubs, protesters at an abortion clinic, sunbathers in bikinis, and people engaging in activities visible from public property that they do not wish to be seen publicly. Another concern is the height of the cameras, and in at least two countries, Japan and Switzerland, Google has had to lower

480-445: Is available as a component of Google Maps and Google Earth , as a web application , and as a mobile application for Android and iOS . Originally, Google Maps used Adobe Flash for Street View. Google overhauled Google Maps in 2013. The newer version uses JavaScript extensively and provides a JavaScript application programming interface . At the time of their release, the new Google Maps and Street View were measured slower than

528-403: Is available, Street View opens and takes over the whole map window. In 2009, a full-screen option and Smart Navigation were introduced. Smart Navigation allows users to navigate around the panoramas by double-clicking with their cursor on any place or object they want to see. In May 2011, indoor views of businesses (Google Business Photos) were announced. After the pilot phase of several months,

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576-552: Is the seventh major release of the Android operating system. It was first released as a developer preview on March 9, 2016, with factory images for supported Nexus devices, as well as with the new "Android Beta Program" which allows supported devices to be upgraded directly to the Android Nougat beta via an over-the-air update. The final release was on August 22, 2016. The final preview build was released on July 18, 2016, with

624-706: The Grand Canyon , inside museums, and Liwa Desert in United Arab Emirates , which is viewed from camelback. In a ten-day trek with Apa Sherpa , Google documented Khumbu , Nepal with its Mount Everest, Sherpa communities, monasteries and schools. Google also added landmarks in Egypt , including the Pyramids of Giza , Cairo Citadel , Saqqara , Monastery of Saint Mina , and the Citadel of Qaitbay in

672-699: The Moscow Military District . Following the air force reforms of 2009–10, it became the headquarters of the 7000th Air Base. Warfare.ru says: "unit # 23326. 7000th Guard Borisov-Pomeransk Double Red Banner Order Suvorov Airbase. Address: 394055, Voronezh. ex 105 comb div + 455 bbr, 183, 47 recce, 89 attack rgts. Planned staff 2009: 24 Su-24M , 4 An-30 , 1 Mi-8 , ? 2 Su-34 . 2010: 2 sqdn Su-24M , 1 sqdn Su-24MR, Mig-25RB + An-30. 20.10.2011 Su-24 crashed during landing in Amur distr, pilots dead." The Natural Resources Defense Council listed it as

720-517: The Nexus 7 tablet, the first device to run Jelly Bean, was released on July 13, 2012. Google was expected to announce Jelly Bean 4.2 at an event in New York City on October 29, 2012, but the event was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy . Instead of rescheduling the live event, Google announced the new version with a press release, under the slogan "A new flavor of Jelly Bean". Jelly Bean 4.2

768-441: The shutter ; instead, they used CMOS sensors and an electronic rolling shutter . Widely deployed versions are: Data-recording equipment is usually mounted on the roof of a car. A trike ( tricycle ) was developed to record pedestrian routes, including Stonehenge and other UNESCO World Heritage Sites . In 2010, a snowmobile -based system captured the 2010 Winter Olympics sites. Shopping trolleys have also been used to shoot

816-494: The stable version usually released to the public between August and October. The development of Android started in 2003 by Android, Inc., which was purchased by Google in 2005. There were at least two internal releases of the software inside Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) before the beta version was released. The beta was released on November 5, 2007, while the software development kit (SDK)

864-893: The "gritty urban life" depicted in American street photography and the images commissioned by the Farm Security Administration . He was inspired by the aesthetic of Henri Cartier-Bresson . Michael Wolf won an honourable mention in Daily Life in the 2011 World Press Photo competition for some of his work using Google Street View. Mishka Henner was shortlisted for the 2013 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in November 2012 for his series 'No Man's Land', which depicts sex workers at rural roadside locations. Canadian artist Sylvia Grace Borda worked in conjunction with John M. Lynch between 2013 and 2014 to insert

912-684: The 9 September 2014 release. In June 2022, Google announced the company is relaunching their Street View service in India. The announcement came six years after the feature was banned in India over security concerns. The company has partnered with local technology businesses Tech Mahindra and Genesys to aid in the relaunch of the service. As of July 2022 , the service is live in 10 cities in India. Street View imagery has come from several generations of camera systems from Immersive Media Company , Point Grey Research (now FLIR Systems ), and in-house . The cameras contain no mechanical parts, including

960-463: The Android 2.0 SDK was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.29 and codenamed Eclair . Changes include the ones listed below. On May 20, 2010, the SDK for Android 2.2 (Froyo, short for frozen yogurt ) was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.32. On December 6, 2010, the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) SDK was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.35. Changes included: On February 22, 2011,

1008-499: The Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) SDK – the first tablet -only Android update – was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.36. The first device featuring this version, the Motorola Xoom tablet, was released on February 24, 2011. The update's features included: The SDK for Android 4.0.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich), based on Linux kernel 3.0.1, was publicly released on October 19, 2011. Google's Gabe Cohen stated that Android 4.0

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1056-668: The Stanford CityBlock Project, a Google-sponsored Stanford University research project. The project ended in June 2006, and its technology was folded into Street View. The technology was launched on May 25, 2007, in the United States. In May 2008, Google announced that it was testing face-blurring technology on its photos of the streets of Manhattan . The technology uses a computer algorithm to search Google's image database for faces and blur them. Street View

1104-487: The confectionery theming scheme to use numerical ordering for future versions. The first release under the numerical order format was Android 10 , which was released in September 2019. In 2017, Google announced that Google Play would begin to require apps to target a recent Android version. Since then, a new major Android version has been released in the second half of each year, and apps must target it by August 31 of

1152-487: The connected photospheres that are sufficiently close to one another. On September 5, 2017, Google announced that they were improving the quality of the street view panoramic photo by revamping its mapping vehicles with all-new high-resolution camera systems and artificial intelligence . The new Google cars have been seen in various American cities since March 2017, as well as in Japan since August. The first images taken with

1200-459: The country's major and minor cities, as well as the cities and rural areas of many other countries worldwide. Streets with Street View imagery available are shown as clickable blue lines on Google Maps. Google Street View displays interactive panoramas of stitched VR photographs . Most photography is done by car, but some is done by tricycle, camel, boat, snowmobile , underwater apparatus , and on foot. Street View had its inception in 2001 with

1248-643: The first staged tableaux into the Google Street View engine. It won them the Lumen Prize in 2016. Borda has independently continued to author the Google Street View engine, and in 2017, she created the tableaux series the Kissing Project . Swedish programmer Anton Wallén developed a game called GeoGuessr , which places players in a Google Street View and has them guess its location. In 2022, competitive players went viral, prompting

1296-416: The following year for new apps, or November 1 for app updates. The following tables show the release dates and key features of all Android operating system updates to date, listed chronologically by their official application programming interface (API) levels. Android 1.0, the first commercial version of the software, was released on September 23, 2008. The first commercially available Android device

1344-592: The front of the vehicle are used for recording the actual dimensions of the space being photographed. LIDAR scanners from Velodyne were added in the 2017 update. It is mounted at 45° to capture three-dimensional depth information and positional information. Accurate positioning was done via a Global Positioning System , a wheel speed sensor , and inertial navigation sensor data . In September 2018, Google announced it would integrate air quality sensors from Aclima into its global fleet of Street View vehicles. Google Street View will blur content for any user who makes

1392-438: The height of its cameras so as to not peer over fences and hedges. The service also allows users to flag inappropriate or sensitive imagery for Google to review and remove. On the other side of the blurring issue are those who wish their home or property to be unblurred. As of 2023, there is no process to have an image or object in Street View unblurred. Police Scotland received an apology for wasting police time in 2014 from

1440-653: The insides of museums, and in Venice , the narrow roads were photographed with backpack-mounted cameras, and canals were photographed from boats. A portable backpack-mounted Google Trekker is used in outdoor terrain. For instance, the six main paths up Snowdon, United Kingdom , were mapped by the Google Trekker in 2015. In 2017, Google used eight 20-megapixel cameras. Two cameras were facing left and right to read street signs and business names. Laser range scanners from Sick AG for measuring up to 50 meters at 180° in

1488-520: The new generation of cameras were available online on September 13. In October 2017, the makers of the Insta360 Pro announced the certification of the first "Street View auto ready" camera for US$ 3,500; it uses six lenses for a 360° view and comes with Stitcher software. In addition to purchase, the camera rig is also available to qualified entities as part of the Google loaner program, with 50 cameras available to loan. In 2018, Japan now offers

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1536-553: The old version in various setups. A user can switch to the old version of Google Maps. The drag-and-drop Pegman icon is the primary user interface element used by Google to connect Maps to Street View. Its name comes from its resemblance to a clothespeg . When not in use, Pegman sits atop or beside the Google Maps zoom controls. Occasionally, Pegman "dresses up" for special events or is joined by peg friends in Google Maps. When dragged into Street View near Area 51 , he becomes

1584-415: The project was rolled out in autumn. With the release of Android 4.2 in November 2012, Google invited users to contribute panoramas of their own using supported devices. Google highlights user-contributed panoramas with blue circle icons on Maps. The company also created a website to highlight places in the world where one can find them. In 2013, businesses such as shops, cafés and other premises can pay

1632-738: The release of the T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream) in October 2008. Android 1.0 and 1.1 were not released under specific code names . The code names "Astro Boy" and "Bender" were tagged internally on some of the early pre-1.0 milestone builds and were never used as the actual code names of the 1.0 and 1.1 releases of the OS. The project manager, Ryan Gibson, conceived using a confectionery -themed naming scheme for public releases, starting with Android 1.5 Cupcake. Google announced in August 2019 they were ending

1680-650: The street view from a dog's perspective. In August 2018, Street View covered two offshore gas-extraction platforms in the North Sea . On December 3, 2020, Google announced that users could contribute to Street View by capturing video using their augmented reality-supported phones using the Street View app. Google shut down its dedicated Street View app on Android and iPhone and ended support on March 21, 2023. The Street View app allowed users to take and publish their own 360° photos. Google says that users can still upload 360° photos using StreetView Studio . Street View

1728-516: The suspect being beaten by his superiors and hazing . This Russian military article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Google Street View Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched in 2007 in several cities in the United States, and has since expanded to include all of

1776-484: The world. Imagery obtained from Google Street View has been used for research purposes, e.g., quantifying greenery, health studies, and assessing cycling conditions. Fine-art photographers have selected images for use in their own work. The images have been published in book form and exhibited in art galleries, such as the work of Jon Rafman at the Saatchi Gallery , London. Rafman sees images that evoke

1824-505: Was "theoretically compatible" with any Android 2.3.x device in production at that time. The source code for Android 4.0 became available on November 14, 2011. Ice Cream Sandwich was the last version to officially support Adobe Systems ' Flash player . The update introduced numerous new features: Google announced Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) at the Google I/O conference on June 27, 2012. Based on Linux kernel 3.0.31, Jelly Bean

1872-505: Was an incremental update with the primary aim of improving the functionality and performance of the user interface. The performance improvement involved "Project Butter", which uses touch anticipation, triple buffering , extended vsync timing and a fixed frame rate of 60  fps to create a fluid and "buttery-smooth" UI. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was released to the Android Open Source Project on July 9, 2012, and

1920-466: Was based on Linux kernel 3.4.0, and debuted on Google's Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 , which were released on November 13, 2012. Google released Jelly Bean 4.3 under the slogan "An even sweeter Jelly Bean" on July 24, 2013, during an event in San Francisco called "Breakfast with Sundar Pichai ". Most Nexus devices received the update within a week, although the second-generation Nexus 7 tablet

1968-550: Was integrated into Google Earth 4.3, the Maps application on the Apple iPhone , and the Maps application for the S60 3rd Edition . In November, the drag-and-drop Pegman icon was introduced as the primary user interface element for connecting from Maps' 2D view into Street View's 3D view. When Pegman is dropped onto a particular set of coordinates in Google Maps for which Street View data

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2016-459: Was optimized to run on a greater range of devices than earlier Android versions, having 512 MB of RAM as a recommended minimum; those improvements were known as "Project Svelte" internally at Google. The required minimum amount of RAM available to Android is 340 MB, and all devices with less than 512 MB of RAM must report themselves as "low RAM" devices. On June 24, 2014, a version of Android KitKat exclusive to Android Wear devices

2064-463: Was released on November 12, 2007. Several public beta versions of the SDK were released. These releases were done through software emulation as physical devices did not exist to test the operating system. Both the operating system itself and the SDK were released along with their source code, as free software under the Apache License . The first public release of Android 1.0 occurred with

2112-413: Was released. Android 5.0 "Lollipop" was unveiled under the codename "Android L" on June 25, 2014, during Google I/O . It became available as an official over-the-air (OTA) update on November 12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google, including Nexus and Google Play edition devices. Its source code was made available on November 3, 2014. Lollipop features

2160-572: Was the HTC Dream . On February 9, 2009, the Android 1.1 update was released, initially for the HTC Dream only. Android 1.1 was known as " Petit Four " internally, though this name was not used officially. The update resolved bugs, changed the Android API and added a number of features: On April 27, 2009, the Android 1.5 update was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.27. This

2208-472: Was the first device to officially ship with it. A minor bug fix update was released on August 22, 2013. Google announced Android 4.4 KitKat on September 3, 2013. Although initially under the "Key Lime Pie" ("KLP") codename, the name was changed because "very few people actually know the taste of a key lime pie ." Some technology bloggers also expected the "Key Lime Pie" release to be Android 5. KitKat debuted on Google's Nexus 5 on October 31, 2013, and

2256-437: Was the first release to officially use a codename based on a dessert item ("Cupcake"), a theme used for all releases until Android Pie , with Android 10 and later using a number-only system. The update included several new features and UI amendments: On September 15, 2009, Android 1.6 – dubbed Donut – was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.29. Included in the update were numerous new features: On October 27, 2009,

2304-622: Was unveiled under the codename "Android M" during Google I/O on May 28, 2015, for the Nexus ;5 and Nexus 6 phones, Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player set-top box, under the build number MPZ44Q. The third developer preview (MPA44G) was released on August 17, 2015, for the Nexus ;5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player devices, and was updated to MPA44I that brought fixes related to Android for Work profiles. Android "Nougat" (codenamed N in-development)

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