Smile! You'er on google camera!

[Moonliner]

Has anyone else tried google maps new street (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=museum&near=San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ie=UTF8&view=map&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.786543,-122.493491&cbp=2,301.359472786112,0.597284478470746,3&ll=37.797475,-)view?

In addition to the satellite view you can now pan around a street level view of some areas.

A tad spooky.

A free dole whipp to the first Swanker that spots themselves!

So far it seems to be just parts of: San Fran, Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York.

[€uroMeinke]

Hmmm - is that integrated with Google Earth?

[Not Afraid]

Considering how much I'm out and about in my City, I think i should care more about what I wear.

[Moonliner]

Hmmm - is that integrated with Google Earth?

It looks like just google maps for the moment but I expect that will change with time.

[flippyshark]

Spooky but fascinating. Are the views published here vetted by Google? (Have they made sure there aren't going to be any surprise nekkid peoples for us cyber-voyeurs?) Will these be updated, and if so, will I be notified on what day I should stay in?

[Moonliner]

Spooky but fascinating. Are the views published here vetted by Google? (Have they made sure there aren't going to be any surprise nekkid peoples for us cyber-voyeurs?) Will these be updated, and if so, will I be notified on what day I should stay in?

Or in the case of at least a few folks here, what day to be outside.


Perhaps I could place a large copyrighted sign on my font lawn and then sue them for publishing it.

[Kevy Baby]

It appears that they are all on city streets. While sharper legal minds than I would know better, I believe that one can have pictures from the streets without issue. I'm just wondering what was involved with capturing all these images. This would be a LOT of imagery.

[Strangler Lewis]

This may be old, but use Google maps for driving directions from San Francisco, CA to Athens, Greece or Moscow, Russia

[€uroMeinke]

Makes me want to watch The End of Violence again. I know there's a site that has LA traffic pictures, perhaps those will be networked with existing security cams and home webcams for good measure. Privacy is a myth.

[Moonliner]

Privacy is a myth.

They know you said that. Oh and they like your new boxers too.

[Kevy Baby]

This may be old, but use Google maps for driving directions from San Francisco, CA to Athens, Greece or Moscow, RussiaI never knew about that - too funny (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=san+francisco,+ca+to+moscow+russia&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.215051,67.675781&ie=UTF8&ll=47.279229,-86.835937&spn=139.485429,270.703125&z=2&om=1)!

[Strangler Lewis]

Privacy is a myth.

Maybe. Out of curiosity, do you have kind of a light bulb shaped red brick path leading up to your front door?

[€uroMeinke]

Concrete - not brick - Someday we'll get better resolution. Google also always seems to be one car behind in it's imagery, You can see Lisa's Mercedes in the driveway

[Strangler Lewis]

I was looking at Local.Live.com. Perhaps I had the wrong house.

[Not Afraid]

I was looking at Local.Live.com. Perhaps I had the wrong house.

On the corner. Silver/blue car in the driveway facing South. Same pic as Google Earth.

[Betty]

I never knew about that - too funny (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=san+francisco,+ca+to+moscow+russia&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.215051,67.675781&ie=UTF8&ll=47.279229,-86.835937&spn=139.485429,270.703125&z=2&om=1)!

Swim! lol

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm torn on these types of things. On the one hand, I adore the shrinking of our world in the sense that the more people can see of the world, the more people might care about the world. And yes, Kevy, it's all perfectly legal.

But then I see things like this (http://www.rocketboom.com/stories/rb_07_may_08). Make sure you stick around for the whole thing, it's rather fascinating. Didn't take all that much digging to get that much info. (and yes, he did get the cake).

[€uroMeinke]

I'm torn on these types of things. On the one hand, I adore the shrinking of our world in the sense that the more people can see of the world, the more people might care about the world. And yes, Kevy, it's all perfectly legal.

But then I see things like this (http://www.rocketboom.com/stories/rb_07_may_08). Make sure you stick around for the whole thing, it's rather fascinating. Didn't take all that much digging to get that much info. (and yes, he did get the cake).

Cool - but I kind of wish we could track the delivery vehicle carrying the cake - that would be cool.

[Moonliner]

For anyone who is interested, here is a bit about the google street van (http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/the-google-street-view-vehicle-revealed/).

[Kevy Baby]

Boy, I would hate to live in this house (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=golden+gate+bridge&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.806774,-122.473512&cbp=1,144.023810954392,0.536543851190892,0&ll=37.812818,-122.472539&spn=0.012273,0.032959&z=16).

I guess the Google Van has been known to speed (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.772258,-122.463922&cbp=1,300.678281978718,0.551320163801327,3&hl=en&msa=10&ll=37.781162,-122.461982&spn=0.019401,0.046091&z=15) on more than one occasion (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=524+haight+st+san+francisco+ca&sll=37.783672,-122.429066&sspn=0.002451,0.004624&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.764903,-122.47729&cbp=2,152.541684791813,0.436210807165745,3&ll=37.779263,-122.475371&spn=0.028492,0.053773&z=15).

And this one (http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.77975,-122.40714&cbp=1,222.49497221036,0.509382227937257,0&ll=37.783554,-122.407393&spn=0.011922,0.016651&z=16) is just freaky

[€uroMeinke]

And this one (http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.77975,-122.40714&cbp=1,222.49497221036,0.509382227937257,0&ll=37.783554,-122.407393&spn=0.011922,0.016651&z=16) is just freaky


Don't drive into the light!

[Not Afraid]

I was farting around on Google Maps feeling a bit like a Chihuahua stalker when I decided I needed to check out the demo. I launched it and 2 seconds later I had a FREAKED OUT Golden Retriever next to me looking for the intruder. Scared the CRAP outta me.

[Alex]

Based on the where the coverage stops in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, it would seem that the Google driver(s) aren't eager to enter into the poorer parts of these cities.

[Snowflake]

I never knew about that - too funny (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=san+francisco,+ca+to+moscow+russia&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.215051,67.675781&ie=UTF8&ll=47.279229,-86.835937&spn=139.485429,270.703125&z=2&om=1)!

Crud! I was hoping it would give me directions to Australia :(

[JWBear]

Based on the where the coverage stops in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, it would seem that the Google driver(s) aren't eager to enter into the poorer parts of these cities.

To be fair, some of the more expensive areas in SF aren't covered either (Sea Cliff, Bernal Heights, Laurel Hill, Mt Davidson, etc), while one of the worst (the Tenderloin) is.

[Perle]

They street-viewed the highway by my house in Pacifica. not too interesting... but there's some good ocean views. Here's a view of the ONLY taco bell built on the sea shore (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=77+Paloma+Ave,+Pacifica,+CA+94044&sll=37.787683,-122.492892&sspn=0.006783,0.008819&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.597553,-122.502101&cbp=1,337.5,0.483724840907748,0&ll=37.609404,-122.496357&spn=0.054395,0.072355&z=14). It's about a mile south of where I live.

[CoasterMatt]

Hey! I know where that is, my sister lives in Pacifica.

[mousepod]

Pacifica is a beautiful place to live, as long as you don't live in a house that's balanced on the edge of a precipice.

[Perle]

True! and if you're not on a cliff, then you gotta watch for the occasional tsunami and sea level rising.

[Perle]

Hey! I know where that is, my sister lives in Pacifica.
Cool! Hey, I LUV ur sig. i just saw that epi the other day.

[BarTopDancer]

This may be old, but use Google maps for driving directions from San Francisco, CA to Athens, Greece or Moscow, Russia

I love step 25