Comments on: Street View Movies

By: Mike Arsenault

Mike Arsenault — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:39:39 +0000

Great idea! This could be a great tool to do some fun virtual tours of major cities.

You might try using the arrow keys next time instead of using the mouse.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Kate Foy

Kate Foy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:11:06 +0000

Thanks fellow Mac user. Nice step by step. Will give it a spin over some of my favourite cities and integrate with holiday shots for an iDVD ‘postcards from …’ presentation.

By: Paul Hamilton

Paul Hamilton — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:55:04 +0000

This is very cool indeed! Thanks for sharing this creative way of using Google maps.

By: John Larkin

John Larkin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:07:29 +0000

Alan, that is quite neat. Have you seen the version of Lombard Street in Map Jack? It is an alternative to street view in Google Maps although it is still early days.

http://www.mapjack.com/

They only have visuals from San Francisco, Sausalito and, as well, Chiang Mai in Thailand. The images are quiet clear and one has the ability to alter the quality of the image by clicking on the star tool in the lower left hand corner. They have a different approach to navigation. You can click on the navigation arrows or click on blue discs that allow you to advance. They seem to be off centre at times. [The discs remind me of the stepping discs on the planet inhabited by the Pierson's Puppeteers. You stepped on a disc and that would teleport you to the next disc further down the block. Like magical stepping stones. I carry on too much.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld

Interesting that the developers of MapJack place the user tools in the lower left hand corner. Years ago when developing HyperCard stacks and also CD-ROMs using Director we always placed the Quit button in the lower left corner as it was generally considered the last place an eye would roam towards. It was considered, according to the research, a ‘dead’ area. We would place the navigation and various other buttons in the lower right or upper right corner. Seems like a generation ago.

Cheers,
John

By: Alan Levine aka CogDog

Alan Levine aka CogDog — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:35:42 +0000

Dean, I used the first screwdriver I found in the toolbox

iShowU = Mac OSX

Camtasia = Windows OS

That’s why.

The screen capture tool does not really matter.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:14:24 +0000

Why iShowU? Is it simply its ability to go right to quicktime? Wouldn’t Camtasia do the same?

By: Devon Adams

Devon Adams — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:57:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing this (especially with the step by step). I’ve been playing with the idea of buying iSHowU and it looks more enticing by the day!