pegman
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A small person-shaped icon on a map used to open Street View
- noun
- /ˈpɛɡmæn/
- Jargon
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figurita
- The web user can then drop the "Pegman" on any of the orange circles to be instantly transported into the interior of that shop, or at least, that's the effect Google is going for, as advertised in the following video promotion Google posted on Tuesday on YouTube:
Examples
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To enter Street View mode, simply drag Pegman onto the desired location on the map.
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Click and drag the orange figure known as Pegman over the section of the map you're looking at.
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From there, just drop Pegman on one of the dots.
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In Google Maps, the Pegman icon allows users to explore streets in 3D.
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You can see the world from your computer by placing Pegman on different areas of the map.
Synonyms
stickman
vspegman
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A simple drawing of a person made with lines and a circle for the head
is a software icon representing the user and used to enter street view
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pegman comes from the parts peg and man, where a peg was a 'small wooden pin' or a 'toy figure', so pegman is a tiny 'man' you place on the map. That's why the pegman icon stands for the person you drag onto a street to open Street View.