Street View

Cars

What Is Google Up To With Ford’s Electric Focus?

5:44AM January 6, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Ford’s electric Focus was first announced this time last year — and now it’s slowly going in to production. But Google has its hands on some of the first vehicles to roll off the line. Just what are they doing with them? More »


Online

Google’s Updated Street View Of Fukushima Makes Me Want To Cry

8:40PM December 13, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Just look at the destruction. Seaside towns transformed into inland mountains of rubble. Google’s traveled some 44,000 kilometers through tsunami-ravaged Japanese countryside to digitally archive the immense damage. Be sure to have a hanky at the ready when exploring. More »


Geek Out

The Google Street View Car Is A Repressed Artist

5:00AM November 21, 2011 | Brent Rose

The Google Street View car works hard, taking pictures for maps all day. Who knew that it longs for something deeper, truer, more meaningful? While we rarely notice, it captures beauty everywhere it goes. It’s simply a misunderstood artist. More »


Online

Google Street View Hangs Around In Parks

1:30AM November 3, 2011 | Gary Cutlack - gizmodo uk

Google has once again added a stack of new Street View images to its amazing voyeur tool, bringing a selection of the world’s most popular city parks to its database. More »


Online

Google Street View Is Going Inside Buildings

1:05AM October 29, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Google Street View is a magical realm of accidental crimes in progress, fires and other assorted serendipitous fun. Now, you’ll be able to scroll around the inside of businesses! Which is cool — but here’s how it could be cooler. More »


Online

Confused Naked Lady Caught On Google Street View (Yeah, NSFW)

9:30AM September 12, 2011 | Kwame Opam

This looks heavily like a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. An unsuspecting Miami woman just walks out of her home — naked, of course — only to find Google leering right at her. More »


Online

Aussie Pranksters Vandalise Google Street View Camera

1:00PM September 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The New Zealand Google Maps penis vandals have been one-upped! Their phallic defacement was visible via satellite, yes, but these Australian pranksters drew a dick on a Street View camera lens, superimposing a penis over all of reality. More »


Science

Why Do We Judge Some Areas As Being Safer Than Others?

7:40PM August 17, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

This interesting project, borne from MIT’s Media Labs, juxtaposes two images from Google Street View, and asks subjective questions such as “which place looks safer?” and “which place looks more upper class?” But why does MIT want to know? More »


Online

Google’s Street View Fleet Accidentally Mapped Phones And Laptops

1:23AM July 26, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Street View, one of Google’s coolest and move privacy-offending services of all time, has just caught another black eye: CNET reports the Wi-Fi scanning cars recorded millions of mobile devices – plus their locations. And then released them online. More »


Mobile

Following A Stolen iPhone’s Path In Google’s Getaway Car

7:20AM July 20, 2011 | Mat Honan

This video follows a thief’s movements, using the data from the purloined iPhone itself. Sue Huang’s phone was stolen, and she recovered it five days later, ransoming it from the thief who took it. But the story doesn’t end there. More »