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Is Your House on Google Street View?
What a difference a year makes, especially if you are The Google. The monolith says that in 2008 alone, Street View's coverage has more than doubled in the US!
Even my dad's super rural home is now on Street View, to my total shock.
Daily Tech: High-Tech Akihabara Now on Google Street View
- Take a virtual tour of Akihabara, Tokyo, the "electric town", thanks to Google Street View. — Engadget
- Hulu is improving its selection of high-def content by including new episodes of 24, 30 Rock, Heroes, and The Office, and they'll be ad-free for the time being as well! — CNET
- ToAnswer is an application that will allow you to ask short questions that will be answered by the Twitter community.
Googlers Ham It Up For Street View — Including the Icon!
Remember when I said my goal was to spot the Google Street View cars around town? Old goal! My new goal is to be spotted.
Google Street View Car Pulled Over by the Fuzz!
Coincidence of coincidences? Remember how I was talking that noise yesterday about wanting to spot a Google Street View car and Earthmine being the next best thing? Well that wasn't the next best thing, but this is: A Google Street View car (Prius, to be responsibly exact) was snapped — while being pulled over!
Spotted in the Wild: Earthmine Street View Camera SUVs
It's my personal goal to catch one of Google's Street View vans in action, but this will have to do for now: I caught this Earthmine SUV with the rotating cameras on top instead.
I'd never heard of Earthmine, so I snooped around on their website, and almost dismissed them as a Google Street View copycat until I watched the demo. Watch as you're allowed to zoom in and get panoramic views (the views of being on the Bay Bridge are especially cool), and are also allowed to measure buildings — which puts Earthmine as more of a corporate, specialized tool than for us, your average Joe.
Website of the Day: Google Street View Sightings
There's no end to the amount of entertainment that Google Maps' Street View provides. I remember when it came out and I thought, cool, I can look at the outside of hotels I'm going to stay in and my house. I didn't dream of the possibilities that could be exploited by a bunch of Google cars until controversy started popping up when it caught some odd and slightly incriminating photos.
US Defense Department Bans Google Street View From Military Sites
I love the fact that Google Street View is so cool yet so controversial. Did anyone seriously think we'd ever get to zoom in on a map to see a 360° panoramic image of streets from all over the world? It's impressive technology to say the least.
Google's Street View in Europe to Blur Images
When Google's Street View launches in Europe, photos will be modified to ensure that faces and license plates are not visible. In hopes of offering more privacy to the people who appear in the images, Google is also considering making the US version completely anonymous. Considering all the controversial images that have been posted on the site, they've certainly got their work cut out for them.Source
Google Adds Witch to Street View Maps
If you're looking for a good excuse to have some fun with Google Street Views, now is your chance because Google has swapped the regular orange Street View man with a witch. As you navigate your way from street to street, you can conveniently fly around on a broomstick, making Street View that much more fun to use. If this doesn't get geeks excited about Halloween, I don't know what will!
Google Maps' "Street View" Is Still Watching...
And boy is it snapping some weird sh*t. Headless bodies. Bodiless pumpkins.
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