Comments on: another way to look around

By: Cadeho

Cadeho — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:32:16 +0000

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…

By: links o’ the day. « parasol party

links o’ the day. « parasol party — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:56:47 +0000

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

By: edg

edg — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:39:07 +0000

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

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:48:05 +0000

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!

By: Mapper99

Mapper99 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:49:37 +0000

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

http://streetviewgallery.corank.com

By: stephen

stephen — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:24:32 +0000

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.

By: joshua

joshua — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:52:51 +0000

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

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:19:19 +0000

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).

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:59:31 +0000

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

By: john_m

john_m — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:18:05 +0000

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

By: alicia

alicia — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:55:04 +0000

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

By: Near West End News » Google Street View is Alive and Well - Richmond, Virginia

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:16:59 +0000

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

By: BGW

BGW — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:58:15 +0000

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

By: Jon Deutsch

Jon Deutsch — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:42:42 +0000

Anyone found any funny pictures yet?

By: Mohr or Less » Hello, Richmond! You’re on Google Maps!

Mohr or Less » Hello, Richmond! You’re on Google Maps! — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:42:33 +0000

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

By: Magneto

Magneto — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:32:55 +0000

That’s so freaking awesome! Google is crazy!

By: b(l)auhaus

b(l)auhaus — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:50:01 +0000

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