Comments on: Street View for Australia and Japan http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: russ http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201607 russ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:06:31 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201607 @Don - this is the waterfall fountain were you'd see the lady in the red dress: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Martin+Pl,+Sydney+NSW+2000,+Australia&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.089956,79.101563&ie=UTF8&cd=2&geocode=0,-33.867703,151.209836&ll=-33.867459,151.208533&spn=0.000396,0.000603&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=-33.867555,151.208453&panoid=EfVy3crBSWiuCbeNhwyeWQ&cbp=1,98.35558426170849,,1,3.878505647515984 @Don - this is the waterfall fountain were you’d see the lady in the red dress:
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]]> By: dr.R. http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201583 dr.R. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:00:25 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201583 There are some <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=-32.28268,123.485084&cbp=1,127.58513130428693,,0,0.46916862470451426&cbinfo=true&ie=UTF8&ll=-32.252152,123.507099&spn=0.094654,0.154495&t=h&z=13&panoid=kAmrdAY3nWMQ6aV8F0tY7Q" rel="nofollow">strange disruptions in the middle of nowhere </a> along Eyre highway. You can even deduce that the driver must have spent the night <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=-32.270003,125.485315&cbp=1,82.22619903314029,,0,16.410982722966413&cbinfo=true&ie=UTF8&ll=-32.262024,125.485754&spn=0.023661,0.038624&t=h&z=15&panoid=X8E6ntZv5-kEhw7TSaMysQ" rel="nofollow">here</a>: if you go further west from this point on, you see the sun rising on the eastern horizon. By the way, am I the only one having problems moving the little icon around when using the GSS streetview? There are some Placemark: strange disruptions in the middle of nowhere / Google Earth along Eyre highway.

You can even deduce that the driver must have spent the night Placemark: here / Google Earth: if you go further west from this point on, you see the sun rising on the eastern horizon.

By the way, am I the only one having problems moving the little icon around when using the GSS streetview?

]]> By: Bart http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201579 Bart Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:31:52 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201579 @Jezza - they went everywhere. Middle of NSW roads with nothing in sight...photographed every 5 metres. Even my home town (pop ~2200) Crazy to think how many k's they did getting all this. @Jezza - they went everywhere. Middle of NSW roads with nothing in sight…photographed every 5 metres. Even my home town (pop ~2200)

Crazy to think how many k’s they did getting all this.

]]> By: Jezza http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201578 Jezza Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:41:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201578 Wow! They even bothered coming down to Tasmania! Wow! They even bothered coming down to Tasmania!

]]> By: Michael http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201577 Michael Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:31:23 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201577 It's really great coverage in Australia. This 400 inhabitants town in the middle of nowhere, with the best you will ever see, the black cockatoo http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&ll=-33.975858,115.765965&spn=0.012278,0.019312&t=h&z=16&cbll=-33.979121,115.766031&panoid=3C-gFYVCXYuUsRpItbbR-w&cbp=1,133.08180301572136,,0,-6.823748672781897 It’s really great coverage in Australia. This 400 inhabitants town in the middle of nowhere, with the best you will ever see, the black cockatoo
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]]> By: Tim R-T-C http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201576 Tim R-T-C Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:05:58 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201576 How many times are we going to hear that bizarre argument that burlgars could use Googlesightseeing to find houses to rob. By that same measure, perhaps we should ban people who walk or drive up and down roads... How many times are we going to hear that bizarre argument that burlgars could use Googlesightseeing to find houses to rob. By that same measure, perhaps we should ban people who walk or drive up and down roads…

]]> By: Rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201574 Rob Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:20:49 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201574 @Bart: Agreed, zooming out to view the whole of Australia shows just an astounding amount of coverage, right into the middle in Alice Springs. @Bart: Agreed, zooming out to view the whole of Australia shows just an astounding amount of coverage, right into the middle in Alice Springs.

]]> By: Petra http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201573 Petra Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:55:35 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201573 There was a news report here in New Zealand the other day that Google would be updating NZ imagery with street view shortly. I'm looking forward to that! :) There was a news report here in New Zealand the other day that Google would be updating NZ imagery with street view shortly. I’m looking forward to that! :)

]]> By: Bart http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201572 Bart Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:19:14 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201572 what the hell were they thinking here (location, near Hall just outside of Canberra) http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hall+act&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=-35.175044,149.071185&panoid=PmF751tMy4BwA811WU8P-g&cbp=1,0.39278376672984905,,0,-7.406029837418149&ll=-35.166862,149.071169&spn=0.020699,0.042143&z=15 submitted it to google sightseeing but there isn't really much to see (or perhaps...too much to see) what the hell were they thinking here (location, near Hall just outside of Canberra)

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

submitted it to google sightseeing but there isn’t really much to see (or perhaps…too much to see)

]]> By: Don http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/04/street-view-for-australia-and-japan/#comment-201571 Don Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:39:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2262#comment-201571 "Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?" http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=-33.867555,151.208453&panoid=EfVy3crBSWiuCbeNhwyeWQ&cbp=1,97.97668702442412,,1,1.7245829628252784&ll=-33.866999,151.208965&spn=0.001243,0.002832&z=19 “Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?”

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

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