17 Responses to “another way to look around”

1. posted by b(l)auhaus at March 27, 2008 11:50 pm :
   

   wow… what a great resource! with all of the new construction in the city, how often would the images get updated?

2. posted by Magneto at March 28, 2008 8:32 am :
   

   That’s so freaking awesome! Google is crazy!

3. posted by Mohr or Less » Hello, Richmond! You’re on Google Maps! at March 28, 2008 8:42 am :
   

   [...] to various sources around the RVA blogosphere and here, Google Maps has added street view throughout the RVA metropolitan area.  I was curious [...]

4. posted by Jon Deutsch at March 28, 2008 9:42 am :
   

   Anyone found any funny pictures yet?

5. posted by BGW at March 28, 2008 9:58 am :
   

   I’ve noticed that for several neighborhoods (mine included), addresses are displayed anywhere from 1-3 blocks off from their actual location.

6. posted by Near West End News » Google Street View is Alive and Well - Richmond, Virginia at March 28, 2008 11:16 am :
   

   [...] RVA blogosphere (here, here, here, here, etc.) has reported that Google Street View is now live throughout the metropolitan area. I [...]

7. posted by alicia at March 28, 2008 2:55 pm :
   

   The shot in front of Buzzy’s happens to capture Dan, me & a couple of our friends!

8. posted by john_m at March 28, 2008 3:18 pm :
   

   how cool is that?!? // do you feel violated?

9. posted by Daniel at March 28, 2008 4:59 pm :
   

   Don’t feel violated at all, I think it’s awesome!

10. posted by Katherine at March 28, 2008 8:19 pm :
    

    Well…considering that I have already been harrassed by a demented person once, this doesn’t make me particularly happy. All you have to do is know a name to get an address from 411.com and now you can look right in their living room windows! Yay!

    My only consolation here is that they show the trees in front of my house in full leaf, which they aren’t at this time of year. It’s an old image (for me anyway, don’t know when Alicia and Daniel were captured in front of the coffee shop).

11. posted by joshua at March 28, 2008 11:52 pm :
    

    Wow, creepy. Makes you wonder who is making money off all that time spent taking photos, and why…

12. posted by stephen at March 29, 2008 10:24 am :
    

    Google gets its photos by driving around in a car with special cameras mounted on top that take 360 degree pictures continuously as it drives along. In other words, relatively little time is spent taking pictures compared to how you or I might go about it by walking around with a regular camera.

13. posted by Mapper99 at March 31, 2008 11:49 am :
    

    Very cool! Check out some of the interesting Google Street View finds on this bloggers site:

    http://streetviewgallery.corank.com

14. posted by Kelly at March 31, 2008 12:48 pm :
    

    I have mixed emotions, too. I think the photos are from last year based on the plantings etc. They also have our address wrong. The funny part- they’ve captured my husband cooking on the grill!

15. posted by edg at March 31, 2008 4:39 pm :
    

    The photos are from October - November of last year. I know because I see my wrecked (now repaired) car.

16. posted by links o’ the day. « parasol party at April 1, 2008 5:56 pm :
    

    [...] Google’s street view is live for RVA! [...]

17. posted by Cadeho at April 9, 2008 2:32 pm :
    

    I hope that they would keep archives if they should update. This is the best way to see the entire city at a period of time. Now, I have no reason to take pics of the city…

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