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Title: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on May 30, 2007, 12:10:15 am

Take a 360-degree virtual stroll through:
New York (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&layer=c&cbll=40.75859,-73.98509&cbp=1,16.9191318327974,0.5,0&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=40.760366,-73.984584&spn=0.006079,0.01133&z=17)
San Francisco (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&layer=c&cbll=37.829315,-122.479712&cbp=2,143,0.511890388205883,0&ie=UTF8&ll=37.88427,-122.471981&spn=0.122613,0.271912&z=13&om=1)
Denver (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=denver+capital&ie=UTF8&ll=39.751743,-104.982004&spn=0.017256,0.047035&z=15&om=1&layer=c&cbll=39.743544,-104.987394&cbp=1,160.995337620579,0.5,0)
Miami (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&layer=c&cbll=25.78387,-80.129958&cbp=2,46.5740353697749,0.5,0&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=25.798423,-80.128012&spn=0.028901,0.059395&z=15)

Title: Re: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: patrickl on May 30, 2007, 02:45:47 am

That's just too cool  8)

I saw one of those recording vehicles drive through the netherlands. Wish they would produce it as a virtual tour as well. Unfortunately I think they only recorded the whole town just so the lazy civil workes don't need to get out of their chair when someone asks for a building permit  ::)

Title: Re: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: KenToad on May 30, 2007, 10:22:27 pm

That's pretty awesome.

Title: Re: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: DrumAnBass on May 31, 2007, 03:50:30 pm

BoingBoing has posted a bunch of stuff on this:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/30/google_maps_is_spyin.html

And one of the camera rigs used:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/31/google_maps_zoom_her.html

Insane...!

Title: Re: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: Donkey_Kong on May 31, 2007, 04:12:38 pm

Quote from: DrumAnBass on May 31, 2007, 03:50:30 pm

And one of the camera rigs used:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/31/google_maps_zoom_her.html

Insane...!

Awesome camera rig...I want one!!

Title: Re: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on May 31, 2007, 04:27:53 pm

No one needs to see a 360-degree view of your ass.

Title: Re: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: Donkey_Kong on May 31, 2007, 04:37:13 pm

If I wanted any lip outta you I'd...ah...NEVERMIND!!

Title: Re: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: lokki on May 31, 2007, 05:06:10 pm

you guys realize that Microsoft was working on this over a year ago.

http://preview.local.live.com/


http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/3/1/3022

Title: Re: Google StreetView - Holy crap!
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on June 01, 2007, 10:03:00 am

Then they just got p0Wn3D!

And in true MS fashion, they're GUI is clumsy and inefficient. I like Google's better.