Google Streetview

Google has recently developed a nifty new feature for their GoogleEarth service: Google Streetview. Employees drive around cities (in the United States) and catch everything on camera, after which they upload the whole shebang to their servers. So U.S. residents looking where exactly they need to go to can now check for landmarks in the area, the building itself, and so on.









Sometimes, the photographs pan out to be quite funny. I have no idea who the hell spends his time looking for these, but quite a few websites have made lists of queer, funny or downright silly pictures. Here for example.

This following picture in particular is pure gold...

In addition to this, there's also a more elevated means of having fun with Google Maps: Our Earth as Art. There are some amazing sights of the world's wonders that one can find there. Also check here for more information.


(Aleutian CloudsImage taken 6/16/2000. These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands. Their color variations are probably due to differences in temperature and in the size of water droplets that make up the clouds. The Aleutian Clouds can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 91 Row 23, center: 53.10, 170.97.)