They replace the tedious field surveys with virtual audits. With growing interest in deep learning and computer vision, street view imagery evolved as a novel data source due to its fine resolution and rich visual scene content.

Until recently, street view imagery is not considered a data source for scientific research. (only accessible for UT students and staff) Google wants to start using a new camera next year that is easier to transport and can therefore be taken to hard-to-reach places, such as the Amazon rainforest.Crime rate prediction from street view images using convolutional neural networks and transfer learning.

According to Google, the camera cars have traveled more than 16 million kilometers or 400 rounds around the earth. Street View now has 220 billion images from more than 100 countries. In 2009, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Groningen were mapped as the first cities in the Netherlands. The following year, the first cities outside the United States followed namely the Tour de France route. The first cities on the service were New York, San Francisco, Miami, Las Vegas, and Denver. The Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Taj Mahal in India also attract many visitors to Street View. Street View has pictures of the view just below the top. At almost 830 meters, it is the tallest building in the world. The most viewed building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The Netherlands is in twentieth place in the ranking. On Street View, people also often look at what the United States, Japan, and Mexico look like. Many people also take a virtual look in São Paulo (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). The Indonesian capital Jakarta is the most online visited place globally, followed by Tokyo and Mexico City. The new images of the circuit should be online in the course of the summer. The last pictures were taken in October 2010, long before the renovation of the racing complex.

To celebrate, Google is taking new photos of another popular place in the Netherlands, namely the Formula 1 circuit in Zandvoort. Other popular locations in the Netherlands are Schiphol, the Johan Cruijff ArenA, and Keukenhof. The most viewed place in the Netherlands is the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, followed by the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. When people browse Google Street View, they mainly visit tourist attractions.

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