Google maps streetview

This may or may not be new, but a co-worker just pointed it out to me. If you go to google maps, and searchfor a location, then on the resulting map, click "Street View" and the road turns blue, you can click on the street and see real 360 degree shots (photos) of the area. It is kind of sick! It appears to only be in a beta mode and very few areas have the new feature, but here is a link to my development, which is covered if you want to check it out:

[ame]http://maps.google.com/maps?q=88+Louis+James+Ct,+Aston,+PA+19014,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title[/ame]

Also, if you look at a map of the US, and click the street views button you can see th main areas that have the feature, then zoom in to be specific. I took a tour of the vagas strip this morning.

Figured it was worth posting.

They're going to add inside the home views pretty soon. Click on Cheese's house and select wank-view.

Peek-a-boo, I see you!

That's pretty sweet.

Yeah, I've wasted plenty of time with this feature...

If you check out some of the shots you can tell that this was done by a truck/van and then all the shots were stitched together. Crazy amount of time to do this.

Yes, they do it with a vehicle, from what I heard on a radio bit a while ago.

People reported sightings of a VW bug with some weird device on top.. can't recall details.

You can click an drag on the picture. If you look directly down you can see the actual vehicle. Actually, in one shot in front of my home, if you look down you can see the driver's arm out the window getting a farmer tan.

going to revive an old one instead of starting a new one. Been bored at work today. Kind of neat.

I looked up the company that supplies the shots for google, as they don't do it themselves. They're actually looking for drivers all over the country.

I've wasted hours and hours on this over the past year or so.

Once they actually post it here (Albany, OR) I think I'll be on it a couple times.

Saw what I'm pretty sure was the google maps truck pass me a couple times this summer while I was interning as a surveyor...

So we all know what I'll be doing at work when bored once streetview goes live in my area...

ChshreCat said:

I looked up the company that supplies the shots for google, as they don't do it themselves. They're actually looking for drivers all over the country.

I've wasted hours and hours on this over the past year or so.

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What company, please?

Also, it works in my neighborhood too.

closest it goes to my place is on the interstate over the hill from my house, I know we'll never get more than that!

NJTomatoguy said:

What company, please?

Also, it works in my neighborhood too.

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But looking around, it looks like Google might have stopped working with them now. But they're still doing 360 degree imaging.

Would be cool to follow the car around and place yourself in a bunch of the photos, waving or something...

khuygie88 said:

closest it goes to my place is on the interstate over the hill from my house, I know we'll never get more than that!

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Most of the people I know can see their house. It doesn't even show mine, then it's at the wrong location on the street...

IrregularPulse said:

going to revive an old one instead of starting a new one. Been bored at work today. Kind of neat.

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Seems like only yesterday I was there. Oh wait, I was! Me and TwoHeadsBrewing, that is.

My new house doesn't show up correctly. Since the garage is behind the house and points onto that street, google maps thinks my house is actually there. OK for some kinda security (I guess) in case plumpy mcpsycho ever tried to google me again.

I'm incognito. Doesn't show my house.

My house is a noshow as well. Closest it gets is about 3 miles away on the other side of the Bridge.

Closest thing to my house:

[ame=http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.786379,-76.908417&spn=0,359.382019&z=11&layer=c&cbll=39.720629,-76.84163&panoid=WodGEWj1JdFH6tcxa91V8w&cbp=12,237.78150391310461,,0,27.500000000000004]Google Maps[/ame]

Mason-Dixon line. You can see where the road gets better.

ChshreCat said:

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But looking around, it looks like Google might have stopped working with them now. But they're still doing 360 degree imaging.

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Thanks.

My house shows up with the dog in the driveway

[ame]http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&jsv=139e&sll=39.840358,-75.433931&sspn=0.007447,0.013819&g=88+Louis+James+Ct,+Aston,+PA+19014,+USA&ie=UTF8&geocode=FcrMjgId83Lj-g[/ame]

With what looks like a white pole in the front yard.