street view
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 »
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 »
Online
Hungry Google Street View Driver Directs You To Local KFC
1:00AM Jack Loftus | Google Street View see the Almighty, fights crime, and even does self-portraits. It’s a busy, relentless lifestyle. I guess what I’m getting at is… dude gets hungry once in a while, and you’re coming along for the ride. 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
What It’s Like to Drive the Google Street View Van
2:00AM Matt Buchanan | This is what it’s like driving the Google Street View van across the Golden Gate Bridge. Seems a bit choppy: More »
Online
Google Street View Discovers Rift in Spacetime Contiuum
11:40AM Matt Buchanan | Pre-medieval warriors! Battling to the death! In Pittsburgh! (Appropriately, at Samsonia Way.) Obviously a serious tear in the spacetime contiuum, since it even replaced their iron weapons with modern foam-rubber. [Google Maps - Thanks tipster!] More »
Software
iPod Touch Denied Street View, Other Google Maps Upgrades in Firmware 2.2
9:01PM John Herrman | Our testing has confirmed that iPod Touch users do not get updates to their Google Maps app with firmware 2.2, which, at least on the iPhone, includes the addition of Street View as well as public transit and walking directions. The updated browser interface, podcast downloading and assorted other tweaks are all there, as was the requisite sacrificing of any jailbreak apps. Of course there may be a perfectly reasonable explanation for this, but until that’s given, Apple, it’s all pitchforks and torches. Or iPods and forums posts, I guess. [MobileCrunch] More »
Online
Pretend You’re Actually Venturing Outside With Wii Balance Board and Google Street View
9:40AM Matt Buchanan | Sort of like the hacked Wii Balance Board that’ll surf Google Earth, but a little more down to earth, this mod will let you act like you’re strolling through town with Google Street View. You walk to move forward or lean on one foot to turn–it actually seems to work pretty well. With a giant display, you could visit New York and walk around without suffering from the gross and smelly summer, or you know, just use it as another excuse to never leave the massive pillow fort you’ve converted your living room into. [blog.katsuma.tv via Balanceboarding - Thanks Mark!] More »
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