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« They come from the land of the ice and snow | Main | SOS from ROS » Wednesday, May 30, 2007Eye in the Sky Google Maps's new "Street View" feature, announced earlier this week, is pretty amazing. The feature, which uses vehicle-cameras to take 360-degree street level views, allows users to virtually navigate the only five American cities that matter: New York, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and San Francisco. (Other cities will be added later.) Here's a video explaining how Street View works: Worried that Google will soon make it possible for random web surfers to peek in your bedroom window? You're not alone. Threat Level, a Wired blog about security and privacy issues, has invited readers to submit the best urban street scenes they find through Street View. Other websites are doing the same thing: A member of the online community Young Go Getter links to Street View shots of, for example, a guy who appears to be exiting a San Francisco strip club. The Canadian GIS/software consulting firm LaudonTech has posted dozens of Street View shots. And a website called Streetviewr features nothing but Street View scenes: For example, here's an ambulance driver in Berkeley eating a slice of pizza. Of course, people in New York and San Francisco enjoy being looked at. I wonder what will happen when this comes to Boston... Brainiac on Street View: 1st post | 2d post | 3d post Posted by Joshua Glenn at 10:24 PM
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