Google’s Street View cars are now giant, mobile 3D scanners
by Ron Amadeo from Ars Technica - All content on (#31C0K)
Google's got a hot new ride. The company has a new Street View car with updated cameras, and-surprisingly-a set of Lidar (Light, Detection and Ranging) cans! Google doesn't have anything up officially about this, but Wired has the scoop on the new vehicles.
The new cars are all Hyundai Elantra GTs with a sweet paint job (ok, probably a vinyl wrap) featuring-what else?-Street View imagery of beautiful vistas. The cars mostly end up being blue and brown, which is a lot more subtle than the old Google Maps-themed Street View cars and their big green doors. Still, it's hard to miss the giant camera on top.
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