I have previously published 360 photography examples on this website’s blog, but as I recently visited Sweden where I used my high resolution XPhase Pro S2 camera to capture scenes from the capital, Stockholm, I thought it might be worth giving Google Maps another mention. One particularly noteworthy fact is that I now have over 8.1 million views of my images.
The online map service can be a great way to create a photography portfolio where the public has a vested interest in viewing them (ie as a way of exploring or confirming location features). As the quality of the images on the site is limited and a fixed wide angle lens is usually most appropriate, I often create the flat, non-360 images, using a quality mobile phone camera (Samsung Galaxy or iPhone series are usually great with good results achieved on Google Pixel and Huawei too).
See the entire collection of Google Maps contributions by Peter Simcoe. This collection increases the digital footprint of my creative output (especially the high resolution 360 images). Below are two of the high resolution 360 photographs frommy time in Stockholm, Sweden (November 2021) – created with the XPhase Pro camera and edited with Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop.
