Honestly, I played around with it for a little bit and then never used it again. Of course one of the reasons was that it was so hidden and I simply forgot.
The thing that upsets me about this is that there’s a way to basically post photospheres to Google maps. So in distant locations where there’s interesting features (far away from a road) you can do a photosphere and essentially make it public on maps, so anyone can experience that location from anywhere in the world anytime they want.
Google maps generally only has “Street view” that’s provided and almost all other location ground-based view is a submission by someone.
This will sharply end the ability for people to add more of that or simply update any that already exist.
Every time I hear about Google killing a feature, it’s the first time hearing about the feature. So it makes sense to me.
Google removed the ability to turn them into tiny planets YEARS ago, and that’s what upsets me the most.
Oh bloody hell!! I loved this feature! I always capture 360 photos to relive on VR!! Even the cardboard one was incredibly immersive!!!
