# Location View

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{{Infobox Software
| name                   = Location View
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| author                 = 
| developer              = LocationView Co.
| released               = 22 June 2006
| latest release version = 4th generation
| latest release date    = 1 September 2008
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| platform               = [Internet Explorer](/source/Internet_Explorer), [Firefox](/source/Firefox), other GIS Software
| language               = Japanese
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| license                = 
| website                = [http://www.locaview.com/ locaview.com] (inactive)
}}

'''Location View''' was an interactive website developed by Tokyo-based company LocationView Co. offering registered users a street-level view of selected cities in Japan. It featured 360-degree horizontal and 180-degree vertical panning, zoom, and virtual mobility in which the user could control speed. Unlike other street view services, such as MapJack or [Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)’ [Streetview](/source/Streetview), Location View had a high frame rate and seamless transition between frames, enabling continuous, lifelike motion and surroundings which were animated rather than static. The site was developed by the Location View Co. and introduced on 14 May 2007 in Japan.<ref name="NREI0317">{{cite news |last = Egan |first = John |title = ARGUS Woos Japanese Firm with Real Estate Technology Expertise |publisher = National Real Estate Investor |date = 2008-03-17 |url = http://nreionline.com/technology/argus_japanese_real_estate_technology_expertise_0317/ |accessdate = 2008-03-22 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080324005755/http://nreionline.com/technology/argus_japanese_real_estate_technology_expertise_0317/ |archivedate = 2008-03-24
}}</ref> When it was launched, several major cities in Japan, such as [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Yokohama](/source/Yokohama), [Kawasaki](/source/Kawasaki%2C_Kanagawa), [Nagoya](/source/Nagoya), [Kyoto](/source/Kyoto), [Osaka](/source/Osaka) and [Himeji](/source/Himeji) were included. It was since expanded to include the [suburbs](/source/suburbs) of a number of other Japanese cities. The service was closed down on 27 April 2009.

==Mapping technique==
To obtain the massive amount of footage required to achieve coverage of dense Japanese urban areas, Location View hired retired [taxicab](/source/taxicab) drivers to drive around cities with camera-equipped vehicles. Location View images were updated every one to two years 8638128985.<ref name="NREI0317"/> The fourth generation of Location View was introduced on 1 September 2008.

==Coverage==
By September 2008, the following cities and areas were covered by the Location View web service.<ref>[http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160524165804/http://www.locaview.com/top/aboutlv.html "About Location View"]. Retrieved on 7 January 2009. {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
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*[Akita, Akita](/source/Akita%2C_Akita)
*[Anamizu, Ishikawa](/source/Anamizu%2C_Ishikawa)
*[Chiba, Chiba](/source/Chiba%2C_Chiba)
*[Fukui, Fukui](/source/Fukui%2C_Fukui)
*[Fukuoka, Fukuoka](/source/Fukuoka%2C_Fukuoka)
*[Himeji Castle](/source/Himeji_Castle) (including interior images)
*[Hiroshima](/source/Hiroshima)
*[Kamisu, Ibaraki](/source/Kamisu%2C_Ibaraki)
*[Kashiwazaki, Niigata](/source/Kashiwazaki%2C_Niigata)
*[Kawasaki, Kanagawa](/source/Kawasaki%2C_Kanagawa)
*[Kitaazumi District, Nagano](/source/Kitaazumi_District%2C_Nagano) ([Hakuba](/source/Hakuba) area)
*[Kitakyushu](/source/Kitakyushu)
*[Kyoto](/source/Kyoto)
*[Minoh, Osaka](/source/Minoh%2C_Osaka)
*[Nagoya](/source/Nagoya)
*[Nanao, Ishikawa](/source/Nanao%2C_Ishikawa)
*[Nara, Nara](/source/Nara%2C_Nara)
*[Noto, Ishikawa](/source/Noto%2C_Ishikawa)
*[Osaka](/source/Osaka)
*[Saitama, Saitama](/source/Saitama%2C_Saitama) ([Ōmiya](/source/%C5%8Cmiya-ku%2C_Saitama) area)
*[Seto, Aichi](/source/Seto%2C_Aichi)
*[Shika, Ishikawa](/source/Shika%2C_Ishikawa)
*[Tokyo](/source/Tokyo)
*[Tomioka, Fukushima](/source/Tomioka%2C_Fukushima)
*[Tono, Iwate](/source/Tono%2C_Iwate)
*[Toyota, Aichi](/source/Toyota%2C_Aichi)
*[Wajima, Ishikawa](/source/Wajima%2C_Ishikawa)
*[Yokohama](/source/Yokohama)
*[Yoshinogawa, Tokushima](/source/Yoshinogawa%2C_Tokushima)
}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.locaview.com Official website] {{in lang|ja}} (inactive)
*[http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/static/column/chizu/2007/10/25/ Impress Internet Watch on Map 25 October 2007]{{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.ajiko.co.jp/documents/locanews071009.pdf Press release from Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd. 9 October 2007]{{in lang|ja}}

Category:Street view services
Category:Defunct websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2007
Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2009

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