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GOOGLE 'Streetview' Camera Car Fleet Set to Invade America

gizmodo.com — A camera-toting tipster saw what appeared to be a giant armada of Chevy Cobalt cars in the Google parking lot, getting ready to take pictures of the entire world (or thereabouts) with special 360 ° cameras. The tipster says he followed a Google camera van as it cruised back to its Mountain View, California lair yesterday after that van finished a se

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  • thinkfuture, on 10/11/2007, -57/+21And I thought "Big Brother" would end up being government and not business. Ah well, I guess government can always buy from or order Google to hand over the data.
    • mdkoch84, on 10/11/2007, -4/+9nope, we're doing it to ourselves..and we love it!
    • voyvf, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6haven't read the good book o' LUG, have you?

      "and the geek shall inherit the earth"

    • multitude, on 10/11/2007, -16/+6Why is this being dug down? Both the comment that industry, in collusion with government, has become "big brotherish" and the comment that we are doing it to ourselves is correct. More people should read Foucault on how we continually monitor ourselves, especially in his work "Discipline and Punish" - this is important here.
      • smeagel, on 10/11/2007, -3/+32Because it's stupid. Street view is not useful to the government at all, and it's not persistent surveillance. Any data being collected here, for government purposes, is already available from satellites. This is purely a pleasantry for people like me who live in big cities (NYC) and think, "I know that shop is in this 10 block radius, but I can't remember the name or where, man I don't want to walk miles up and down the grid trying to find it." I've already used streetview multiple times to find places where I'd been before but couldn't remember exactly, it's very handy, and of virtually no use to the government. So stop crying and take your tin foil hat off.
      • lnxaddct, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6It is one thing to collect data on society and keep it secret for your own perusal and abuse, but it is a completely different matter if everyone has equal access to the data, which is exactly what Google is providing. They are empowering society. This is just one step towards that, just as Youtube, Blogger and other forms of citizen journalism are now challenging the media cartels.
    • rspeed, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6For it to be "Big Brother" would require both spacial AND temporal data.
  • ronin691, on 10/11/2007, -16/+120Why won't Google open up this task to the "crowd". If they would publish a DIY build kit, we could all have one of the cameras on our cars and take pictures. At the rate they are going now it'll take years to photo map the entire country.
    • davidsmero, on 10/11/2007, -3/+62I will do it for a free Google t-shirt. Or maybe a few pens.
    • STARTSOMETHING, on 10/11/2007, -2/+78will work for bandwidth
    • TKn00b, on 10/11/2007, -1/+42It probably has to do with control. They want uniformity among all of their streetview photos. We can't have people strapping their 1.3 megapixel camera phones to their antenna and then submitting it to google.

      I would do it for a google t-shirt, however.
      • PDelahanty, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18I'd do it for free...and I'd have all my friends stand along the street. Possibly Photoshop porn into the window of my nemesis's condo too. ...which is exactly why they won't let just anyone do it.
      • bizchris, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1So the vans, in essence, are part of the submission process, a part of which is making the decision as to which "street view" is the most appropriate. Why not split this out into two parts: 1) the submission of possible "street views" (done by us), and 2) the decision of which one wins (done by Google). They still get the final quality control, but at 1/10th the effort and 10x the speed...
    • inio, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Cost is probably the problem. I'm guessing each of Google's rigs costs something on the order of $15k in parts: 16 ~4MP cameras, and hardware to capture and store data from those cameras at at lest one frame per second isn't cheap.
      • inio, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1correction: I didn't look at the link. This isn't Google's tech (Larry's Landscaping), this is Immersive Media's tech. No clue what that costs.
    • BackEnThaWomb, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3imagine all the people that would mess around with it...i would go to look for a movie theater near my house and see boobs...

      therefore, open this up!
    • superpatty, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2there are about 4 million miles of roads in the US
      link: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11535&page=1

      with 30 cars driving five days a week the entire country could be completed in less than two years
      • krusader3z, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I don't know if I believe that number
      • krusader3z, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1double
      • OoO3xOoO, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3If there is 4 million miles of roads in the USA, then 30 cars, driving 8 hours per day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, traveling at an average speed of 20 miles/hr (just a guess) would take them 3 and a third years to complete. Add another year for hold-ups and delays and we can expect to be able to travel virtually down in road in the USA in 2012.
        • cwncool, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2average of 20 mp/h? I think you should maybe raise that to maybe at least 30. 20 sounds too low, but to me, 30 sounds like a good average between highway and very slow speeds
      • supernovasky, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1google 2.0?

        Never. Lol.
    • nullcodes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@superpatty

      If you increase the number of cars to 1000 (not that difficult .. just contract it out to cab or delivery companies). You can get it done in much less time (a month or two). I reckon it would cost google a few bucks a mile ... hmm say $20 million in total .. not bad at all considering they make billions of dollars.
    • tincansandtwine, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Are Google tshirts hard to find? A couple of years ago I worked (construction) in a building Google occupied and saw a guy wearing a google shirt. I asked him for one and I got one for free.
    • Wildren, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Because they want consistency in their data.
    • wacko55, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Yes, I would have hired for instance taxi companies, rental cars or delivery companies. If the equipment is as expensive as mentioned here I'm not sure that would be a good move by Google though.

      http://www.streetviewfun.com
    • wizpig64, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I'd do it if they payed for the gas >_
  • lty83, on 10/11/2007, -7/+82Great, now i'll be watching everywhere I go for Chevy Cobalts
    • insomniac8400, on 10/11/2007, -0/+30I think the camera is going to jump out at you before you even notice the car underneath it is a cobalt.
    • darkciti, on 10/11/2007, -0/+48Yeah, now I'm going to grab my balls every time I see one of those cars, in hopes of being 'that guy'.
  • writh3n, on 10/11/2007, -15/+154Google Cobalt is watching you masturbate,
  • Niddik, on 10/11/2007, -27/+4Big Brother is watching...

    All he has to do is open up Google Earth.
  • MrB398, on 10/11/2007, -3/+54I wonder if they'll run the images through a 3D rendering give everything some shape, take it beyond the 360 views. That would be awesome
    • mccargo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+23D-60... word
    • DankLogic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1they could actually do that pretty cheap with a LIDAR setup. The trick is getting the photos mapped onto that 3D geometry as well as finding a realistic and usable way to display it.
  • Supernova36, on 10/11/2007, -8/+9Jesus, thats crazy!

    Bring some over to the UK!
    • Casedot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9don't worry, no one is safe from the all-seeing eye of Google.
    • LonesomeFighter, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9you don't need Google to take pics of your street and people, from what i hear your gov does it just fine.
      PLUS more importantly, i think it is illegal for Google to do it in the UK.
      • 15charmaxwtf, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Illegal? Bit ironic considering Casedot's comment, but hey its the govmint so it's above the law!
    • heyitsgarrett, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1I hardly think it's appropriate to call Google "Jesus".
    • billymumphrey, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2No one cares about UK. If you're not in the USA, you don't exist.
    • tony4moroney, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1One acronym and word

      CCTVcameras

      Just compile all the images together and youve already got google view of every street in the UK
  • Failuretothrive, on 10/11/2007, -4/+18I saw the VW Bug in Baltimore.
    • davidsmero, on 10/11/2007, -4/+10Really? I live in Baltimore and have heard of it. Where did you see it at?
      • Failuretothrive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+7It was on Charles street by Charles Village.
        • Failuretothrive, on 10/11/2007, -12/+7Why did I get dugg down for answering the Question??WTF
      • LifeVirusZERO, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Charles st. is scary
        • Failuretothrive, on 10/11/2007, -6/+5And that deserves a digg down?? Man Digg is full of Nazi's
    • STARTSOMETHING, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Oh yeah i saw a focus in harrisburg
    • realwx, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2So it wasn't only me that saw it on that Route 40 freeway.
      • dictum, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3No it was only you. You and you alone hold this knowledge. And it wasn't that Route 40 freeway it was the other Route 40 freeway, but don't worry they are easily confused.
        • Failuretothrive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0He was talking about the route 40 in Baltimore you *****. Why would you want to waste peoples time by leaving a smart ass comment not pertaining to you?
        • jayparadise, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4im below ur threshold, wastin ur time
        • Failuretothrive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0You are right jayparadise, you are below me. Kiss my feet while you're there you mo
        • blaaguuu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4DIGG FIGHT!!!!!
  • djphatjive, on 10/11/2007, -27/+6Time to start using yahoo instead!
  • StiGUP, on 10/11/2007, -17/+3these cameras were put here to catch people in the acts of illegal activities ....selling drugs...pimping hos......"i'm in ur country capturing ur activities"
    • iomegaboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8You win the "That's the stupidest thing I've heard in a month." contest.
  • davidsmero, on 10/11/2007, -24/+243To all the assholes bitching about invasion of privacy...It's a damn public street. Who cares if it takes a picture of your house and people can see it. Many people pass your house daily, its called a public road! I could do that if I wanted to. Bitch about something else.

    All done ranting and prepared for digg down.
    • insomniac8400, on 10/11/2007, -12/+1Considering all the posts about cameramen attacked by security guards taking pictures of public buildings, Homeland Security?
      • davidsmero, on 10/11/2007, -9/+10Yeah, blame it on terrorism. Typical George Bush sheep.
    • multitude, on 10/11/2007, -28/+5You should be worried about privacy, even (and perhaps especially) in "public places." Democracy depends on the ability to conduct critical debates in public spaces, and if everything that is said or done is made available to those in power immediate, it severely detracts from the ability for a population to ensure that democracy thrives.
      • davidsmero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Do you even read what you type? It makes no sense!
      • Kyouto, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3dude you're a tweak.
      • scooterMX, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1you are completely missing multidude's point. It is that we shouldn't have to hide somewhere to talk openly - criticize our government, share our secret love of Hentai, whatever. It is in public (forums, rhetorics) that the notion of free speech was created, and it is in public that the ideas of revolutionaries are galvanized in the minds of others. We need some level of privacy in everything we do, at least we need the ability. If the government decides that it's a national security issue that they put cameras in my synagogue, or my child's classroom, or my library... I shudder at the thought.
        • tech42er, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1He's saying we need to worry about privacy in a public place. That's insane. We can conduct business i public, but we can't expect privacy in public.
    • cwcentral, on 10/11/2007, -10/+3Public yes, but it's YOU against a HUGE CORPORATION **solely focused to monitor** what you're doing--with data mining [cough: intel] resources beyond the eye can see. There's a difference compared to a couple of anonymous bystanders taking a couple of pictures of your house, etc... (i.e. you vs. someone else compared to you vs. a corporation which will likely exploit you in a photo for their benefit). For instance, the thong gal sure drove a lot of hits to street view!

      You're just asking for TMZ to plant a couple of their guys in front of your house.
      • Fentekreel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Thats called effective advertising...turn on your tv you'll see the same thing. The reason Google is not telling people how to do this or where and when they will do it is probably to minimize this kind of though...and the corporation vs mankind is getting kinda old....but understandable....and the thong girl was in plain view on a publicly funded street. Anyone could have done that....even with a security camera so it was really a non issue other than that "i want money!" feeling that our sue happy society seems to be evolving into...so go photo go! i hope i end up on google cam doing something cool.
    • shivasprogeny, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4A lot of county auditor websites have pictures of your home already for tax purposes. These photos (and a lot of other information about your property) are already public domain.
    • Daiken, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The issue isn't really whether or not people see your house or into it. It's if the pictures are taken using telescopic equipment giving views better than an average person outside your house would get. It's similar to someone across the street looking into your house with a telescope, both could be considered invasion of privacy.
  • LVPoupard, on 10/11/2007, -19/+6I am already scared out of my wits.
    • multitude, on 10/11/2007, -16/+3Me too! I was surprised that more diggers haven't expressed concern about this on the site yet, but perhaps this goes along with their right-wing libertarian bent -- allow corporations to do what they want, even at the expense of individual liberty and privacy. The freedom of the market, in their ideology, will somehow bring about individual freedom, therefore we should allow companies like google to spy on us with their camera cars if they feel it is in their best interest. I wish I could believe this line.
      • tech42er, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Oh shut up. They;re not on our property; what can we do? Anyone could drive by and take pictures. As long as they're no on my property, it's legal. And I'd rather Google do it than the government, but theoretically, even the government could do this.
  • mdkoch84, on 10/11/2007, -14/+3i hope they dont come to the midwest...
    • TheThirdRider, on 10/11/2007, -0/+25why would they need to? if you've seen one corn field you've seen them all. ;)
      • aluminumpork, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Hey now, corn fields all have very different and interesting properties. :)

        But I assume they will probably hit some of the larger Midwest cities (Minneapolis, Chicago, etc)
      • spacenomyous, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Corn is always interesting.
    • insomniac8400, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Then maybe all map software should also exclude the midwest? Would you like that?
  • Howl571, on 10/11/2007, -15/+3I, for one, welcome our new googley overlords.
  • pr1me4, on 10/11/2007, -1/+83wish i could go on a road trip funded by google.
    • vandy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6It'd be like a new form of AdSense. We sign up for our local region, we carry a few local sponsor magnetic badges to put on our cars as well as the 360 degree camera to throw up on top. In return, we get paid for mileage and/or gas?
      • surfing, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7That would be fun as long as I didn't have to drive the Cobalt
  • mattsonster, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8good news. 30 CCCC is fairly enough i think. can't wait for them to launch this service in other major cities of the world (outside the US). i.e. London, Saint-Petersburg...
    • billymumphrey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1No one cares about places outside the US. Get out of your bubble...
  • johneyoung, on 10/11/2007, -9/+5This doesn't seem like a very efficient way of accomplishing what they want. Even a "fleet" of cars would have to constantly be driving around to keep the photos up-to-date and fresh. It seems they should draw on the power of the people to submit different photos.
    • vandy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11That would lack standardization, angles, lighting and not to mention how people would compose the shot with themselves in it. Google should buy a drone, and fly that guy around. Buuuut, if they were looking for drivers, I would totally do that as a summer job.
    • SkippyDoorknob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2It's not like they're going to be updating them constantly. I would bet no more than once every two years or so at most. Maybe more often in bigger cities.
    • inio, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7One of the things that Google's founders talked about doing, long ago, was putting cameras like this on ever UPS or FedEx truck. they go everywhere, all the time.
    • iomegaboy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2You probably call yourself a photographer because you own a camera also.
      • tech42er, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1A photographer is "one who photographs", right?
  • ne_mo, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2They got me running in Minneapolis yesterday morning.
    • Ibox, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Pic or didn't happen? :)
    • aluminumpork, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6You mean Google knows Minnesota exists!?!? I didn't even think they knew we had computers.
  • ruineraz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9They could do the same thing mobile phone companies do... rent space on city buses and put their equipment on them. Mobile phone companies have been putting their system's performance equipment on city buses for years
    • turquoisefish, on 11/01/2007, -1/+5That seems a great idea, but it would need careful management to make sure the bus doesn't do the same route every day.
      • taurustiger, on 11/01/2007, -0/+4That, and buses only cover a small percentage of the streets.
        • cbreaker, on 11/01/2007, -0/+4... and the fact that buses are large, so unless we want a birds' eye view of the road, a smaller vehicle makes more sense.
  • multitude, on 10/11/2007, -12/+3This is not unexpected from Google, but troublesome.
  • StiGUP, on 10/11/2007, -12/+6"im in ur cities capturing ur activities"
  • dc2008, on 10/11/2007, -4/+20I'm going to go and press my ass against my window, and just wait for goobalt to drive by.
    • dictum, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I'm taking the more reasonable approach and carrying around a giant "HI MOM" sign for the next couple of months.
      • BHSPitMonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yeah, because most moms sit around checking out Google Maps' latest features.
  • scrollios, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Drivers needed?
    • kalleanka, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5No, they have developed techniques for self steering cars.
      Heck, they even have their free food made by robots too.
  • Otto, on 10/11/2007, -6/+48Why does everybody keep saying that this is big brotherish or an invasion of privacy or what have you? They're on PUBLIC ROADS. If you're doing something you don't want somebody taking pictures of, don't do it where you're visible from the freakin' road, moron!
    • davidsmero, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Just like my post, well said.
    • multitude, on 10/11/2007, -11/+1Democracy depends on a place where, theoretically at least, "anything can be said." The invasion of privacy that has occurred recently, both from government and private industry, work to chip away at this space. Your comment ignores that there always has to be the possibility of a threat to democracy in order to have something that we can call democracy. Public spaces need to be able to be private, ultimately.
      • mookiemookie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4That's the most nonsensical jumble of words ever. Put down the liquor bottle and step away from the keyboard.
      • jkoke, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Are you even able to parse your own sentences? First, how does someone taking photos from public roads affect what can or can't be said? They don't have audio recorders, you know.

        Second, the phrase "Public spaces need to be able to be private, ultimately." is pretty much nonsense. Our constitution guarantees the right to peaceable, public assembly as well as free speech, but nowhere does it say you have the right not to be photographed while assembling or speaking in public. If you want to plot the violent overthrow of the government to preserve democracy, you're going to have to go indoors.
        • aluminumpork, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I love when people use the word `parse` in a non-programming context.
    • ultrafez, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1This is true, and ultimately you shouldn't do anything on a public road that you would be bothered about the whole world seeing. However, having photographs of you or whatever you're doing immortalised on the Internet is a little different, as it can be seen by millions of people at once as opposed to just a few people walking or driving down the road. But, it's still a public road so Google have every right to take photos of it, it's not like they're infringing your privacy by taking photos of the inside of your house or anything.
    • BHSPitMonkey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I imagine we'll start hearing terms like "relative privacy" here in the future, in dealing with these new issues of involuntary worldwide exposure.
    • FlyboyP, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Public/private distinctions don't exist anymore. You can't take pictures in or around the Lincoln Tunnel in NY, for example. Or any other tunnel for that matter. And you may be wiretapped (phone and internet) without a warrant, in your own home.
  • Po0py, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1This is so interesting that I stopped working for all of 3 seconds to write this.
  • skellener, on 10/11/2007, -2/+30I think they are going about it all wrong. Don't try and hide the cars when they do it. Paint them bright colors and put a big logo across the side that says "Smile, You're on Google!!". I mean, rather than been sneaky about it, let people know you are there! I would rather see people in the pictures smiling and waving to the camera then ignoring it. I mean, you might as well make it fun.
    • dc2008, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1I agree
    • timusca, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9But then there wouldn't be photos of people sneaking into and out of strip clubs and what not.
      • amdahlj, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Instead there would be flashing the van to be on google.
  • Holocaust, on 10/11/2007, -12/+2I IS IN YUOR NEIGHBOHODS SPYINGZ 0N U!
    • timusca, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Dude, that was really bad. I hate LOLCATS, but damn, that was the worst.
    • timusca, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Dude, that was really bad. I hate LOLCATS, but damn, that was the worst.
  • ZWarren69, on 10/11/2007, -5/+5Quickly! To the Google lair!!
  • SomeImagination, on 10/11/2007, -6/+0Hopefully they'll keep the images high res like in SF, NYC was a let down...so blurry :(
  • frsrblch, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Whoa, that's quite the endeavor... I wonder how long it will take.
  • JMidd24, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4This is great! Google Maps is one of the best pieces of web software Google has. From the traffic reports to creating your own route, and now StreetView, it's one of the most useful web apps.

    On another note, the reason Google is doing it on their own is because of quality control. I'm sure there are certain speeds and positioning that needs to be taken into effect. However, with the right training ... maybe the idea of letting us do it could be cost-effective.
    • BHSPitMonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2How long have you been with Google™?
  • Cornedbeef, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Today New York City, tomorrow the world.
  • Quickfix99, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3Google has devised a method of draping Google Street View data right on top of models created in Google Sketch Up. Hence, producing a virtual representation of a street. Should be cool for all you Second Lifer's out there!

    http://streetviewgallery.corank.com
    • Mapper99, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Great Site! - I especially like the Top 500 Google Street View Sightings...can't wait until the other cities come online...
  • imknut, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1I want that in Switzerland too! :(
    • friedcalamari, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3NEVER! build your own internets!
  • thelandlady, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2I swear I think I am the only one who doesn't like the idea of this. Its the whole...just cause ya can doesn't mean you should. I mean really...I have seen the streetview and it does nothing for me really. I guess I am the only who only needs directions to a place and that's it. I don't want them driving up and down my street taking pictures of me. If the NSA or FBI started doing this...everyone would be in an uproar about it. But since its a private corporation its alright.

    Makes no sense to me...
    • multitude, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2It is an invasion of privacy, but you are absolutely right. The right-wing libertarian ideology that many diggers subscribe to says that violations of individual rights are OK as long as they are deemed appropriate by a company. More people need to watch movies like "The Corporation," or at least start thinking more critically.
  • etx313, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Chevy Powah!
  • FredFredrickson, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Gosh, I can't imagine how many laws they'd break taking a drive through New York city, what with all it's anti-camera *cough - ****** laws in place now.
  • Aereo, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2Gobalts, anyone?
  • seven999, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0The cars in the netherlands are corsa's ( opel / gm / vauxhal in bg) http://www.cyclomedia.nl/File/Image/corsa(1).jpg
    At this moment its only used by real estate organisations like this
    http://www.funda.nl/WoningAanbod/Koop/Detail/Buurtfotos/?id=0f41b6b3-3e47-4800-8491-084fd9f99176&objecttype=DetailKoopObject
    and the goverment. Maybe google can buy all their photo's becouse they have full coverage of my country ;)
    The even have a full 360 convex view as you can see here http://www.cyclomedia.nl/page.php?id=193 ( ie and uses a active x plugin (safe)
  • frenchi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I wonder what the turn around time is from the time the Street View car rolls down the street and the time that stuff gets posted on Google. I saw a Street View car as it was getting in to Milwaukee on 6/7/07, the guys told me they would be here for a couple weeks. The car had Oregon plates.
  • treeromeo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2It's just another step closer to Google taking over the world. ;)
  • hmunkey, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1Google is awesome!
  • nesibus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2wake me when my GPS has this.
  • PJBonoVox, on 10/11/2007, -10/+1This article summary is hilarious.

    The title includes 'Camera Car Fleet Set to Invade America' and the description says 'getting ready to take pictures of the entire world (or thereabouts)'.

    Now, as we know, 99.99% of Americans are total ***** who don't realise that there is more to the world than North America, but why do you have to embarass yourselves so blatantly?
  • PJBonoVox, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2"GOOGLE 'Streetview' Camera Car Fleet Set to Invade America"

    ...or the 'world', as Americans call it. And you wonder why the world wants you all to be blown to smithereens?
    • sambonista, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2I don't wonder. The world is full of insignificant, unhappy people like you.
  • tybris, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Just like the d-day armada....
  • Vonkhan, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1time for the crazies to get out their tinfoil hats ...

    "I heard that Google's car cams sell your photo to teh governments"
  • TechCF, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3What about Europe? Or the countries known to the the Americans as "here be dragons"?

    (I see other companies do this, I hope Google aquire data from them too. Might actually be worth to buy a Google Earth license)
  • 007ami, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Is this for real? I have seen that maps.google.com now has the street view function, but it is still an image from above... as though taken from satellite.
    • newyawker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2There is satellite view and street view. Two different things.
  • sigepjedi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Holy *****!
    Its google Transformer Army coming to invade every street corner for the global goog invasion!
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