Saturday, March 08, 2008

Interesting "Street Level View" photos in Google Maps

I have been amazed by the power and impact of the new "Street Level View" in Google Maps. Tis a very powerful resource that also borders on invading person privacy. This is one of the challenges of modern life. In my own street level view, you can see the neighborhood kids (including my own) playing across the street. It is an interesting time capsule of what was going on at the time the Google Map vehicle drove by.

I found this article that identifies unusual photos in the "Street Level View" of Google Maps
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1870949.ece
From Times Online
June 1, 2007
10 bizarre sights in Google Street View
Drive around America's biggest cities in a black VW Beetle with a huge panoramic camera bolted to the roof, and you're sure to see something unusual along the way

The Google Street View camera van captured all kinds of street life - now bloggers are hunting for the most entertaining sights - like these two distracted men in San Francisco to not show

Tom Whitwell

Without any context or timeline, it's hard to tell exactly what you're seeing in the extraordinary panoramic images captured by Google's magic van. But in the days since the service was launched, numerous blogs have appeared, linking to the most interesting sights. Here are a selection found at Google Sightseeing, Steetviewr, and Threat Level.
1. Someone apparently climbing over a fence in San Francisco
2. Borat peeking out of a window in San Jose, California
3. The already infamous 'Hot Babes' poster van driving alongside the Google truck in Las Vegas
4. A girl bending over, and two guys watching her...
5. Ambulance driver stops for a sandwich
6. A canine disagreement
7. Strange, headless figures next to what looks like a newly dug grave
8. Giant robot attack
9. The alien invasion begins
10 The moment when the Google van stopped for lunch, and the road takes a detour in the McDonald's car park

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