Google Maps Hacks: Google announced to bring Street View on Google Maps in India in early 2022. At the time of launch, the facility was made available in 10 Indian cities, including Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Nashik, Vadodara, Ahmednagar and Amritsar. Following this, the company promised to roll out the facility in more cities across the country soon. Street View is a useful feature. With its help, instead of just viewing the map, Street View allows users to see a 360-degree real-time view of the location. This allows users to see live imagery of a location they are searching for.
Downsides of Street View
There are downsides to this convenience as well. While showing an area, it will also show users’ homes, which poses a security threat. For example, this allows criminals to understand the location of cameras around your home. May allow you to understand the security around your homes in a day.
Solution
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Along with the downside, Google also has a solution for this. Users can permanently blur the images in Street View. However, for this, users will have to submit a request to the company. After request submission, if the company finds your reason valid, it will blur the area you highlighted on Street View. In such a situation, if you want to fog the window of your house, or your room, then follow the steps mentioned here.
How to blur your house in Google Maps Street View?
- Open Google Maps on your PC.
- Now enter your home address in the search bar and press enter.
- Then find the photo you want to blur.
- In the lower right corner of the window, click Report a Problem.
- Now enter the reason for the report.
- Enter your email address and enter the captcha code.
- Click on the submit button.
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