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Software
Google Street View Driver Doomed To Map Hell For All Of Eternity
2:20AM John Herrman | After careening into a wall outside of Rankin, PA, one Street View photographer has been trapped and condemned to send dispatches from a horrifying hellscape, forever. This is the highly empirical theory that the internet, and I, am sticking with. More »
QOTD
Where Would You Like To Send The Street View Trike?
10:50AM Chris Jacob | The Street View Trike has been around for a while, but now Google is looking for more places to send it. Know a cool spot where a car can’t go? Google wants to hear about it. More »
Random Stuff
Google Street View Drivers Had No Idea What They Were In For
2:09AM Adam Frucci | Getting paid to go on a road trip? Sweet! But wait, just how far do you want us to drive again? [Collegehumor]
Random Stuff
If You Lived Here…Your Van Would Be On Fire
9:23AM Wilson Rothman | Something tells me the Google Street View team should be equipped with emergency response gear and training. What tells me this? This van that’s totally on fire, for one thing. [Google via Twitter - thanks Will!]
Cameras
DIY Google Street View Camera Lets You Infuriate Shut-Ins
2:20AM Adam Frucci | Google’s spent millions of dollars sending its Street View cars around the world, photographing streets so you can see them on the internet. And now you can replicate this for some reason. More »
Vehicles
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | Holy Mother of Steve McQueen! A crazy, perhaps strayed Google Street View got into the Laguna Seca Racetrack, chasing a badass group formed by a prepared Porsche, Corvette, Mazda, and—I think—an spiffy Audi. More »
Google Street View Car Speeding Through Laguna Seca Racetrack
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | Holy Mother of Steve McQueen! A crazy, perhaps strayed Google Street View got into the Laguna Seca Racetrack, chasing a badass group formed by a prepared Porsche, Corvette, Mazda, and—I think—an spiffy Audi. More »
Random Stuff
Google Street View Car Can’t Resist Drive-Thru Urges
10:30AM Jason Chen | Of all the funny things Google Street View cars have captured, stopping by a fast-food resteaurant for lunch is probably the most delicious. Oh and that man/woman peeing on the street. That was pretty delicious too. [Google via Digg] More »
Random Stuff
Muggers Caught After Crime Was Captured By Google Street View
5:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Last September, a 14-year-old Dutch boy was assaulted and robbed after being shoved off his bike. But with no evidence and no real idea who his assailants were, police were powerless—until the crime showed up on Street View. More »
Online
Google StreetView Sees Man Passed Out Drunk On Mother’s Lawn
5:40AM Jason Chen | Not content to just capture houses burning and other embarrassing shenanigans in the US, Google StreetView has gone overseas and done the same to a drunk man passed out in his own lawn. Now that man is pissed—not in his pants, but at Google—for the invasion of privacy. AU: And now, after my rant yesterday, we have MILLIONS of people who know the story of “Bill”. Seriously, if you thought that a few people seeing your photo was bad, now there’s millions who have seen it and know your story. I know which option I’d prefer… More »
Online
11:03AM Nick Broughall | When Google launched its StreetView service in Australia last week, I thought it was a fairly cut and dry story – street-level imaging around a large chunk of Australia, which lets you play virtual tourist and waste an afteroon browsing through addresses you know, hoping to spot yourself or some one you know.
How wrong I was.
Since the launch, there have been countless stories focusing on the privacy concerns raised by the introduction of StreetView. And while that’s not a bad thing in itself, in some (if not many) examples, the articles in question seem to be creating more controversy than there actually is.
Notes: Why Is StreetView Getting So Much Negative Press?
11:03AM Nick Broughall | When Google launched its StreetView service in Australia last week, I thought it was a fairly cut and dry story – street-level imaging around a large chunk of Australia, which lets you play virtual tourist and waste an afteroon browsing through addresses you know, hoping to spot yourself or some one you know.
How wrong I was.
Since the launch, there have been countless stories focusing on the privacy concerns raised by the introduction of StreetView. And while that’s not a bad thing in itself, in some (if not many) examples, the articles in question seem to be creating more controversy than there actually is. 
