Google Street View

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Friggin' Google does it again... :00hour

Anyone else catch this?

Street view maps, where they have actual street level pictures of every street in select locations.

This has so much potential (mostly just killing time at work, but still). This is really helpful in terms of driving directions etc. Awesome. You can scroll around, zoom in and out. etc. etc.

Available now for NYC, San Francisco, Denver, Las Vegas and Miami,

Here is a link to my previous apartment, for example.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...52&cbp=2,440.465121309798,0.504528110727991,0

Apparently, they basically had this tricked out car (computer server in the backseat, and futuristic looking cameras mounted on the roof) drive around these cities systematically taking pictures.

So each street was shot at random times over a few month period. Naturally, people have found people in humorous situations. Such as.

Women in thong:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=...19,0.628713401659621,3&ll=37.784554,-122.5000

:142smilie
 
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