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Abstract

A system is disclosed for creating and providing interactive access to, a street-based photographic image database. A plurality of street-level photographic images are captured are stored for each of a plurality of locations along each of a plurality of streets. The photographs depict a first-person view as would be seen by user if traveling down the associated streets. The photographs are stored in a database, indexed with respect to at least one of, the street of travel, the location upon a street of travel, a direction of vehicle flow upon the street of travel, a seasonal condition, a lighting condition, a weather condition, and a traffic condition. The photographs may be interactively accessed and displayed in response to user input and in accordance with one or more indices. An image collection system and method is also disclosed comprising a processor-controlled digital camera mounted upon a ground vehicle. Street-level images are automatically collected at incremental distances along each of plurality of streets of travel, each of the images being indexed with respect to unique correlation data.

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First Claim