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Riken (Japanese: 理研, English: / ˈ r ɪ k ɛ n /; [1] stylized in all caps as RIKEN) is a national scientific research institute in Japan. Founded in 1917, it now has about 3,000 scientists on seven campuses across Japan, including the main site at Wakō , Saitama Prefecture , on the outskirts of Tokyo .
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 the country's major and minor cities, as well as the cities and rural areas of many other countries worldwide.
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
Apple’s Look Around (featured in Apple Maps) provides street view for Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya. Kazakhstan: Russian company Yandex offers street panoramas for Astana, Almaty and Karaganda, as does Google Street View. [15] Kuwait: Kuwait Finder app, by the government of Kuwait, provides street view for most of the country.
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
Image credits: Google Street View #47 Young Man “Attacks” His Friend With Hammer Over the summer, I went to the very North of the Isle of Lewis on a field trip to map the geology there with a ...
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Taken in October 2010, a Google Maps Camera Car showcased on Google campus in Mountain View, California. In North America, Google Street View is available in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Greenland, and limited coverage in some more areas.