Yes, there is one (perhaps more), obtaining views not accessible to the automobile.

The 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.

Thumbnail source. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

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

I can see your house from here...

Google'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

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.*
The 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

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

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.

Be sure to also read Hillary Proposes Tobacco Tax Holiday and Typo Leads To Microsoft Purchase Of Yoo-Hoo picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

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

Nine mystery silver discs can be seen above a bookmaker's shop in an image of Bethnal Green, east London, taken last year.

They 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

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.

Oh well.

I've hooked out screen grabs for you and put them in the comments. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

The Google street view van ran over a deer. Or the deer ran into the van.
Kind of graphic picked by TheAuoja 10 months ago

Let's face it. A lot of people are guilty of this. We've been out having a good night out on the beer only to find ourselves sending highly embarrassing and completely unnecessary text messages to people unfortunately to be in our phone's address book. But did you know that they are actually 10 different types of drunken text messages? picked by bspro 2 years ago

The truth is out there, according to Google Street View. "A misty shape, bearing a distinct similarity to the movie alien, was captured behind a bush next to a mysterious beam of light. The spooky snap was caught by Google image cameras in the town of Berkeley Heights in New Jersey." picked by suebe 8 months ago

Google's Street View technology carries a small risk of privacy invasion but should not be stopped. picked by topofall 7 months ago

A privacy watchdog has banned Google Inc from gathering detailed, street-level images in Greece for a planned expansion of its panoramic Street View mapping service until the company provides additional privacy safeguards. picked by bingo 7 months ago

"don't you take pictures of me"

This is about 15 miles from me, woot, Google Street View is coming!! picked by topofall 8 months ago

A woman and child walking along the Golden Gate Bridge were captured by Google's Street View cameras twice! Or they have freakish stalkers. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Google has removed dozens of photos from its new UK Street View service.
The street-mapping facility launched amid a fanfare of publicity but now the firm has been forced to pull some of the images after complaints.
It is thought the pictures removed contained revealing images of homes, a man entering a London sex shop, people being arrested and a man being sick. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Knowing that the Google Street View team would be coming through their part of town, the residents of Pittsburgh Northside staged a series of bizarre tableaux to be immortalized forever on the World Wide Web. picked by tvirus 10 months ago

When driving, always keep your eye on the road and NOT on the camera! Google Street View uploaded a scene near Pittsburgh of a bridge, then a closeup, then the camera goes wildly awry. The simplest explanation is that the Street View driver hit the concrete bridge.

*Click on the picture in the article. picked by bingo 8 months ago