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Show HN: Search London StreetView panoramas by text

23 points by dfworks

by tantalor

2 subcomments

For [batman] it only finds this one poster,
https://maps.app.goo.gl/jmJ1qhQsB3AetLiK8
But doesn't find this billboard, probably because it doesn't actually contain the text "Batman".
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nBoHArvaKZSgRH5W7
It should be able to match text query to anything, not just text.

by dang

0 subcomment

Related:
Search all text in New York City - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44883304 - Aug 2025 (116 comments)
All text in Brooklyn - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41344245 - Aug 2024 (50 comments)

by n1xis10t

1 subcomments

What do you think it would take to do a global version? How much hard drive space does just London take up?

by Gooblebrai

0 subcomment

After inputting a text from my phone, I just get a:
Subscribe to Public Insights for just £29/month More data. Better value.

by rahimnathwani

0 subcomment

When I search "Colliers Wood", with or without quotation marks, each results match only one of the words.

by card_zero

1 subcomments

Doesn't find R Soles.