Street Views

Put Your Hands Behind Your Head!

Reaffirming my belief that the most interesting things happen when the Street-view car is around, today we can see a man getting arrested in Tampa, Florida, or at least having his back pockets searched in a rather heated way. The…

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Friday, 11th April 2008

Burning Car

While capturing Street View images in Cleveland, Ohio, the Google team drove past a car in flames. The incident that caused the car to burst into flames took place before the Google car arrived on scene, as the smoke from…

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Sunday, 6th April 2008

Street View Update March 08

It's been just over a month since Google added 12 new US cities to Street View, and yesterday we got new imagery in another 13 cities, and interestingly, a US national park! Here's some of the highlights, including links straight…

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Monday, 31st March 2008

Caught in the act?

Whatever is happening on the side of the street here in Chicago, a large amount of money is definitely changing hands between this man and the driver of the car. Submitter Sean suggested that there may be some sinister activity…

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Friday, 21st March 2008

Street View Update Feb 08

The Google Lat Long blog has announced that Google has just added 12 more US cities to their street view coverage, bringing their total coverage to, um.. lots. The new cities added are as follows: Albany and Schenectady, NY Boise,…

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Thursday, 14th February 2008

Expensive car crash

It seems the Street View camera car has a habit of coming across expensive car accidents, and today we see that a white Mercedes E-Class has, rather inexplicably, managed to drive into a tree on a quiet, straight road in…

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Monday, 14th January 2008

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Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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