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’ 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.
[1] When it was launched, several major cities in Japan, such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and Himeji were included.
[citation needed] To obtain the massive amount of footage required to achieve coverage of dense Japanese urban areas, Location View hired retired taxicab drivers to drive around cities with camera-equipped vehicles.
[citation needed] By September 2008, the following cities and areas were covered by the Location View web service.