From the IEEE source [1] it says that he bought $25 web cams for the project (apparently MSRP$75). I doubt the side-facing cameras get any type of picture quali

From the IEEE source [1] it says that he bought $25 web cams for the project (apparently MSRP$75). I doubt the side-facing cameras get any type of picture quality at all at 30mph, let alone 62. (Update: motion is extremely blurry at high resolution [2]). Also, from the IEEE article "I wrote a Python script to capture the eight 1280-by-1024 JPEG files. That capture takes about 8 seconds." That results in 8 non-synchronus pictures, taken at 8 second intervals. At 30mph (44 feet per second), eight seconds is a 352 foot gap—a standard block in Manhattan is about 264 by 900 feet [3], which leaves you one capture every 1.3 blocks on the short streets. Interesting way to make a 360 degree camera. Completely unreasonable for a 360 degree camera in motion. . [1]http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/diy-streetview-camera/0 http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/diy-streetview-c... [2]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=232323867291121678&ei=x4HFSsy1H46VlAe58qXfBg&q=+NX-6000&hl=en&client=safari# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=232323867291121678&#... [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_block http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_block