Google adds Street Views for more cities
Google is making it just a bit easier to stalk your friends and find pictures of yourself online. The company has expanded its Google Maps Street View feature to cover 6 new cities: Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, and Tucson. No, we have no idea why they didn't just drop Tucson and Chicago and find two more cities starting with P, (Portland, Oregon, and Portland Maine anyone?)
The Tucson, Phoenix, and Chicago imagery is all in high resolution. Google has also enhanced the pan capabilities. You've always been able to look up, down, left and right in an image. But if you ever tried looking at the top of the Empire State Building, the image was cut off. Google has added the ability to pan up to the top of high buildings including the Sears Tower in Chicago. The top of the Empire State Building is still missing.
If you live in a major city that hasn't been added to Google's Street View yet, all we can say is keep an eye out for cars with cameras mounted to their roofs in the near future. And make sure you're not carrying anything embarrassing. And say cheese.
The Tucson, Phoenix, and Chicago imagery is all in high resolution. Google has also enhanced the pan capabilities. You've always been able to look up, down, left and right in an image. But if you ever tried looking at the top of the Empire State Building, the image was cut off. Google has added the ability to pan up to the top of high buildings including the Sears Tower in Chicago. The top of the Empire State Building is still missing.
If you live in a major city that hasn't been added to Google's Street View yet, all we can say is keep an eye out for cars with cameras mounted to their roofs in the near future. And make sure you're not carrying anything embarrassing. And say cheese.















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-09-2007 @ 8:38PM
kojo87 said...
what the hell! Monona WI isnt on there yet!
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10-10-2007 @ 8:27AM
niclet said...
We also saw Google street car in Montreal / Quebec.
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10-10-2007 @ 8:31AM
Tanner said...
Wheres Atlanta? You think they would add that as it is a relatively major city....
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10-10-2007 @ 8:34AM
ski4life101 said...
Google car has been spotted in Toronto Canada just last week
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10-10-2007 @ 8:54AM
Chris Gilmer said...
Google car also spotted on the outskirts of Toronto, in Brampton, Ontario Canada last week. Wonder how long it will take them to import all the images and blur all the faces as per Canadian law?
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10-10-2007 @ 2:26PM
Big Brother said...
Check out some of the over 750 "interesting" Google Street View finds here:
http://www.laudontech.com/google-street-view/google-street-view.html
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