Category: About Street View

Google takes trash bag for a ride

Cam errors Google crew, car etc by anodos99 · 4 comments


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Google drove for several miles in Fairbanks, Alaska with a trash bag completely obscuring the camera. Not sure where it got picked up at, or where it dropped off. A prank perhaps?

Start on College Rd in the lane heading SE for half a mile or so. Turn left on the Old Steese Highway (heading SW). Turn right on Minnie (NW), and the bag stays on until Clara Street. Alternatively, take a left off the Old Steese onto 3rd Street, and take lefts onto the NE-bound lane of the Steese Expy or Eagle Ave leading to 4th Street. You can take a left off the Steese Expy back onto College. All of these routes are completely obscured by the bag.

Can anyone tell what brand the bag came from? It has red and blue letters.

StreetView in 3D

About Street View Country by StreetViewFun.com · 3 comments

There are rumours going around on the internets about a possible 3D version of StreetView for Google Earth. Some special cams have been seen in Italy yesterday. Google Maps StreetView is still only available in the US. Cameras on top of Google cars have been seen in Canada, Britain, Australia and now Italy. Images from Australia will apparently be available later this year. As usual Google don’t give out any information about when that will happen. Keep your eye on the StreetView map and maybe some day soon…