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The world's largest interactive map will have updated Flin Flon visuals. A camera-equipped Google Street View vehicle was in the area last week to gather new photographs of local streets. 'Some Street View imagery of your area is already available on Google Maps,' a Google spokesperson told The Reminder, 'but updating our imagery is something we do from time to time as part of our effort to provide users with the most comprehensive, accurate and useful maps possible.' The spokesperson explained how the image-collection process takes place, and how it is put to use. 'Generally speaking, Street View cars have special cameras that take photographs as they drive down public streets,' said the spokesperson. 'Once the photographs have been taken, they go through computer processing to make them ready for use on Google Maps. This includes stitching the still photos into panoramas, and applying our face-blurring technology that helps make sure that passersby and license plates in the photographs can't be identified. 'Once in Google Maps, you can visually explore and navigate a neighbourhood through these street-level photographs, moving up and down roads, or looking around in 360 degrees. 'In addition, we've also created easy-to-use reporting tools so that people can ask for images of their house, car or themselves to be further obscured in Street View.' Google first added Flin Flon and Creighton to its Street View application in February of 2010, providing panoramic views of most streets. The photography had been done in the summer of 2009.
