A Google Street View camera-car passed a house with a van on fire in the driveway. A young neighbour, not the Google crew, was the one to warn an on-site workman of the impending danger. The facts of this story are months old; the article's published now to coincide with the launch of Street View in Toronto. Classy. picked by jago 2 months ago tags toronto google maps fire van view |
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Yes, there is one (perhaps more), obtaining views not accessible to the automobile. 0 comments edit related share plime.comThe Google Street View trike and all the equipment it carries weighs around 18 stone (252 pounds), but actually it's not as hard as you think to get moving. A flat surface helps, but it's really just a case of pushing off firmly, keeping straight for a few metres, and then you're away. picked by Bingo 4 months ago |
A man captured taking a huge snake for a walk in a city in amazing images on Google Street View has come forward. 1 comments edit related share plime.comThumbnail source. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago |
I can see your house from here... 7 comments edit related share technologyGoogle's street view service sits in the hinterland between awesome and really, really creepy and is now coming to the UK next year. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago |
A Google company blog says that as of today all new users of Google will have their personal information tracked, collected and stored for a so-called better customer experience using Google... picked by monkeyman 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Most of a downtown block in Toronto was gutted by fire last week. Early rumors suggested it might've been an explosion in a meth-lab. The Fire Chief extinguished that theory, but other reasons for the disaster may be weeks or months away. picked by jago 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A figure dressed in Victorian outfit has been spotted on pictures from Google Maps Street View in Bute Place, Cardiff - a location famous to most as being heavily featured in time travel drama Torchwood, the third series of which was recently filmed. 5 comments edit related share plime.comOh well. I've hooked out screen grabs for you and put them in the comments. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago |
With Big Brother -- er, Google watching, no crime is hidden from view. Here are just a few instances of crime and punishment caught on its Street View feature. picked by bingo 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Two years ago, Google sent out an army of hybrid electric automobiles, each one bearing nine cameras on a single pole. Armed with a GPS and three laser range scanners, this fleet of cars began an endless quest to photograph every highway and byway in the free world. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago 4 comments edit related share world |
Google Maps' latest feature, creatively codenamed Google LRV during production and early testing, takes its year-old Street View right into the home, allowing users a virtual tour inside people's houses. 1 comments edit related share entertainmentBe sure to also read Hillary Proposes Tobacco Tax Holiday and Typo Leads To Microsoft Purchase Of Yoo-Hoo picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
A Fire Marshall report indicates that it was mice or rats that chewed through an electrical cable starting a fire at a Toronto animal shelter. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
"don't you take pictures of me" 4 comments edit related share plime.comThis is about 15 miles from me, woot, Google Street View is coming!! picked by topofall 8 months ago |
Nine mystery silver discs can be seen above a bookmaker's shop in an image of Bethnal Green, east London, taken last year. 4 comments edit related share plime.comThey appear to be flying in neat formation in three rows, attracting the attention of several passers-by, in the photograph of Wolverley Street. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago |
To make Google Maps (even) better, Google have released a new API that means everyone on the Internet can make a contribution to Google Maps with text, shapes, photos and other stuff too. picked by TheStep 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A man who fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the grass outside his home was horrified to find his embarrassment posted on the internet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
Google Inc. is introducing street-level map views of various U.S. cities, giving Web users a panoramic, 360-degree images as well as the overhead views Google Maps has offered. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Google van(?) drove right up their driveway which was marked private. The family, whose terrible name is Boring, are suing for $25,000 saying that part of the property's value was privacy. picked by coldbladed 2 years ago 9 comments edit related share technology |
Google’s Street View feature for Google Maps, which enables users to see certain parts of several big US cities through panoramic images, has caused a new trend: StreetSpotting. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Google street view van ran over a deer. Or the deer ran into the van. 0 comments edit related share plime.comKind of graphic picked by TheAuoja 10 months ago |
Google sparked an internet giggle this week when the Street View shots of Bradford revealed a police car pouncing on the Google vehicle outside the Alhambra.* 0 comments edit related share plime.comThe distinctive Google car, with a roof-mounted camera network, had strayed into a bus-only lane and received the attention of the law. *put Bradford+UK in Google street view and you can see the police car stopping it. picked by bingo 8 months ago |
Watch a number of videos from a fire that broke out earlier today in the Hollywood Hills near Griffith Park and the famed Hollywood sign. picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |