London Underground: Full listing of Tube stations to be captured for Google Street View

Nov 07, 2023 at 5:51 PM
London Underground: Full listing of Tube stations to be captured for Google Street View

London’s busiest underground stations will quickly function on Google Street View.

A digital camera positioned in a backpack will seize 360-degree photos from inside 30 Tube stations together with Bank, King’s Cross St Pancras and Waterloo.

Google and Transport for London (TfL) hope the photographs will assist individuals higher plan their journeys, particularly these with accessibility wants or these unfamiliar with journey within the capital.

The imagery will begin being collected by Google within the subsequent few weeks between 10am and 4pm to keep away from peak hours.

Any faces captured by the cameras will likely be blurred earlier than being printed in 2024.

Sarah-Jayne Williams, world product partnerships director at Google Maps, mentioned: “For the first time, users will be able to explore the capital’s busiest stations like never before and plan out their journeys.

We hope this will help everyone feel more comfortable during their travels, particularly those with accessibility needs.”

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A view of Waterloo station on Google Maps. Pic: Google Maps
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A view of Waterloo station on Google Maps. Pic: Google Maps

The same image using Google Street View. Pic: Pic: Google Maps
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A view of the identical space utilizing Google Street View. Pic: Google Maps

Google Street View is a perform that can be utilized throughout the Google Maps app to permit customers to view a digital illustration of their environment.

TfL mentioned it prospects will have the ability to get a greater sense of station layouts, in addition to figuring out services comparable to bathrooms and assist factors.

The full listing of stations which might be to be filmed embody:
• Baker Street
• Bank/Monument
• Bond Street
• Camden Town
• Canada Water
• Canary Wharf
• Canning Town
• Cannon Street
• Custom House
• Embankment
• Euston
• Euston Square
• Farringdon
• Green Park
• Hammersmith
• Highbury and Islington
• King’s Cross St Pancras
• Liverpool Street
• London Bridge
• Moorgate
• Old Street
• Oxford Circus
• Paddington
• South Kensington
• Stratford
• Tottenham Court Road
• Victoria
• Westminster
• Waterloo
• Whitechapel