Just curious if your city/neighbourhood has been graced by 'Street View' yet?
Google Maps just launched this new feature in Vancouver on thursday (for the upcoming Olympics) and it's caused quite a stir. At least a good portion of my workplace was checking out what their own houses looked like and if their pets had jumped on the couch to stare out the front window just as they had been instructed not to. My boss started hollering about what everyone was up to and then promptly asked to see his own house; someone happened to be in his yard, and it wasn't the mailman!
It's kind of eerie to think just anybody, with your address, can see your house from a sidewalk perspective and even zoom into your windows (faces and license plates have been blurred out for privacy). One guy in Canada (Ontario) was none too pleased about this as the Google vehicle with camera propped on its roof happened to roll past this guy's place just as he walking past his window stark naked. That'll teach him!
So can anyone take a virtual tour in your neighbourhood?
Google Maps just launched this new feature in Vancouver on thursday (for the upcoming Olympics) and it's caused quite a stir. At least a good portion of my workplace was checking out what their own houses looked like and if their pets had jumped on the couch to stare out the front window just as they had been instructed not to. My boss started hollering about what everyone was up to and then promptly asked to see his own house; someone happened to be in his yard, and it wasn't the mailman!
It's kind of eerie to think just anybody, with your address, can see your house from a sidewalk perspective and even zoom into your windows (faces and license plates have been blurred out for privacy). One guy in Canada (Ontario) was none too pleased about this as the Google vehicle with camera propped on its roof happened to roll past this guy's place just as he walking past his window stark naked. That'll teach him!
So can anyone take a virtual tour in your neighbourhood?