Google Street View, Google Maps, and Microsoft Virtual Earth mash-up launched...

[paulavery]

Hi,
On Friday we rolled out a tool for accommodation owners to adjust the view of the Google Street View camera. To access this, log into the listing, then look for "Street View and Aerial View" under the main menu navigation.
Regarding proximity - we average out the position for the B&B's in a town then assume the town is where that average is. So our distance calculation can be really off if we have B&B's on the outskirts listing in towns.
We do it based on as the crow flies.
http://www.pillowsandpancakes.com/distance.html
However, we now can calculate driving directions. So maybe one day we can calculate driving distances between places to get better proximity numbers.
Thanks!
Paul

 

[Copperhead]

Hi,
On Friday we rolled out a tool for accommodation owners to adjust the view of the Google Street View camera. To access this, log into the listing, then look for "Street View and Aerial View" under the main menu navigation.
Regarding proximity - we average out the position for the B&B's in a town then assume the town is where that average is. So our distance calculation can be really off if we have B&B's on the outskirts listing in towns.
We do it based on as the crow flies.
http://www.pillowsandpancakes.com/distance.html
However, we now can calculate driving directions. So maybe one day we can calculate driving distances between places to get better proximity numbers.
Thanks!
Paul.

Paul - Went in and make the correction. Thanks for the quick response to our needs!

 

[paulavery]

Two updates:
A small video showing how to use it:
http://www.pillowsandpancakes.com/publicvideos/streetview/streetview.html
And a link to embed this mash-up on your site (if you want it).
At the top of the mash-up page you'll see a link "Embed on your site"
See this page for an example:
http://www.pillowsandpancakes.com/3pane.htm?bnb_id=701324
TIA
Paul

 

[swirt]

Two updates:
A small video showing how to use it:
http://www.pillowsandpancakes.com/publicvideos/streetview/streetview.html
And a link to embed this mash-up on your site (if you want it).
At the top of the mash-up page you'll see a link "Embed on your site"
See this page for an example:
http://www.pillowsandpancakes.com/3pane.htm?bnb_id=701324
TIA
Paul.

That's a nice feature Paul. And should help your site out a bit too Good work.