A new online tool created by Toronto design firm Teehan+Lax takes two places on Google Earth and creates a video connecting them through Google Street View images. Called Hyperlapse, the tool lets users pick two destinations and then weaves them together to create a smooth stream, a pseudo virtual road trip.
"We aimed at making the process simpler by using Google Street View as an aid, but quickly discovered that it could be used as the source material. It worked so well, we decided to design a very usable UI around our engine and release Google Street View Hyperlapse," Jon Lax, a partner at Teehan+Lax, told travel website Gap Year.
The online tool's
website says it works best with long, straight and flat roads, especially highways and bridges. We tried to make one go all the way up Yonge Street, but it wanted to take the 404.
Lax told Gap Year he sees quite the future for this app.
"Now that we have made the software open source others will make more videos using footage from anywhere in the world."
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Original source: Gap Year