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8 More US Street View Cities

Wednesday, 12th December 2007 by Alex

The Google latlong blog has just announced that they’ve added street view imagery for 8 more US cities - Boston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Detroit, and Providence.

They’ve also linked to this cool image of the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in Boston for us - but what new activities can you find on the streets of these cities?

Just remember to send us your finds!

Thanks to Rob for letting us know.

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15 Responses to '8 More US Street View Cities'

  1. 1. Rob says: December 12th, 2007 at 1:18 pm

    There seems to be a much greater coverage now, than in the older covered cities. Dallas and Fort Worth for instance has a huge amount. Boston also is good, as there is the red sox stadium and harvard university.

    They apparently didn’t care too much when they were covering the freeway north of Boston, just do it at night why don’t you. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=zakim+bridge+boston&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.826758,85.078125&ie=UTF8&om=0&layer=c&cbll=42.826327,-70.916174&cbp=1,188.3237566762791,,0,-0.45288271426993437&ll=42.858853,-70.91589&spn=0.063797,0.128574&z=13

  2. 2. What, are you kidding? says: December 12th, 2007 at 1:34 pm

    Go to Dealey Plaza (http://maps.google.com/maps?output=setprefs&near=Dealey+Plaza,+101+S+Houston+St,+Dallas,+TX) and you can see the spot where President Kennedy was assassinated. (There’s a “X” in the road.)

  3. 3. Mrb says: December 12th, 2007 at 1:35 pm

    All I can say is Cheers

  4. 4. Rob says: December 12th, 2007 at 1:41 pm

    Good catch mrb! Love it.

    And Kennedy was shot from this window:

    http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&layer=c&cbll=32.779028,-96.808697&cbp=1,388.2173166485479,,1,-11.627046198595007&ll=32.793552,-96.80603&spn=0.028356,0.080252&z=14

    Although not everyone will agree with me! :D

  5. 5. Brian Burg says: December 12th, 2007 at 7:02 pm

    They also mapped many smaller towns in Indiana: Lafayette, Bloomington, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Danville, South Bend, and so on.

  6. 6. Dan says: December 13th, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    Still no Washington, huh? Hmm.

  7. 7. justinf says: December 13th, 2007 at 1:41 pm

    there’s some very long countryside drives available around Minneapolis.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=dealy+plaza,+dallas,+texas&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.114675,82.089844&ie=UTF8&ll=44.454859,-93.162003&spn=0.112975,0.320663&z=12&om=1&layer=c

  8. 8. Rob says: December 13th, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    Now how hard would it be to add some cars and a games engine and make the most realistic driving game ever made?

  9. 9. Tammo says: December 13th, 2007 at 5:16 pm

    Looks like the countryside drives around Minneapolis are the donut cutting capitol of the world:
    http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=dealy+plaza,+dallas,+texas&ie=UTF8&ll=44.478748,-93.072395&spn=0.053402,0.173035&z=13&om=1&layer=c&cbll=44.449227,-93.080156&cbp=2,347.75282791342056,,0,23.558277418893965

  10. 10. Tammo says: December 13th, 2007 at 5:20 pm

    Hmmmm see if the link works better now …
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=44.450946,-93.080056&spn=0.003339,0.007296&z=17&om=1&cbll=44.449227,-93.080156&cbp=1,358.67440875579325,,0,15.036619420422271

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    11. Alex says: December 13th, 2007 at 5:25 pm

    Both worked fine for me Tammo - awesome find! Brruuuumm! Brum! Brum!

  12. 12. Jeff says: December 13th, 2007 at 9:25 pm

    Here’s a view from the deck of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis before it collapsed.

    You can see workers refurbishing the bridge:

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Minneapolis&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=44.971356,-93.260536&spn=0.182894,0.446663&z=12&om=1

  13. 13. Tammo says: December 14th, 2007 at 10:04 am

    Wonder if this is ‘9th & Hennepin’ …. as in the song by Tom Waits?
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Minneapolis&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=44.971356,-93.260536&spn=0.182894,0.446663&z=12&om=1
    http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tom+waits/9th+amp+hennepin_10233829.html

  14. 14. Tammo says: December 14th, 2007 at 1:44 pm

    Seems I got the link wrong AGAIN … Duh!

    http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=44.992916,-93.246996&spn=0.003308,0.007296&z=17&om=1&layer=c&cbll=44.99122,-93.24709&cbp=1,129.6339743967505,,0,0.4551157341484061

  15. 15. ACM says: December 16th, 2007 at 10:34 pm

    The 9th and Hennepin from the Tom Waits song is here:

    http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=44.9764,-93.27693&cbp=1,358.02597163429436,,0,0.4551157341484061&ll=44.982285,-93.270278&spn=0.021249,0.043645&z=15

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