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The Invisible Street View Car

Prior to the recent Street View update you could pan down on the street view images to see the car which carried the 360° cameras around the cities. However, the most recent update somehow manages to make…

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Wednesday, 11th June 2008

Loads of new areas for Google Street View

Last week, we celebrated Street View's first anniversary with our Top 10 unseen posts. Google have now joined in the celebrations by adding a massive 37 new areas. All the new areas are still US based,…

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Wednesday, 11th June 2008

Kid Shooting Other Kid

This post has been around the web several times already, but by popular demand, here's the Street View sighting of a child pointing a gun at another child on the streets of Chicago. In the next…

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Monday, 26th May 2008

Lollapalooza 2007

Lollapalooza is a multi-genre Music festival held each year in Chicago's downtown Grant Park. The 3-day event draws over 35,000 people each day, and for the 2007 festival the special guest was you, the GSS readers.…

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Tuesday, 29th April 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…

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Friday, 21st March 2008

St Patrick’s Day

The worldwide celebration of Ireland's patron saint, St Patrick, has almost always been held on the 17th of March. This year, due to Easter arriving unusually early, the Catholic Church decided to move St Patrick's day…

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Monday, 17th March 2008

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

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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