Category: In the news
Oslo bomb location on Google Maps Street View
Todays major explosion in Oslo, Norway took place in or near this building where prime minister Jens Stoltenberg was working. According to news reports he is in a safe place. Several people dead and many injured.
All summer, Google Street View will be taking photos in Estonia
Joint Stock Company Regio is from June 19 until the end of this summer’s external work on the technology of Street View, in which will be collected images of objects obtained by means of photographs, laser measurements of roads and GPS-navigation, as well as information on road signs.
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Street View in Estonia
Today Google Street View announced they are going to shoot photos for Street View in Estonia during the next couple of weeks.
In november 2010, Google made tests in Estonia. (dzd)
Just a couple of days after the I35 Minneapolis bridge collapse
Cameron’s Inspiration
This is the church of the town that was chosen for David Cameron’s (UK PM) daughter’s middle name as she was born in the county. Her name is now, Florence Rose Endellion Cameron. Also if you go toward the ‘Road Closed’ sign, the sign and workers disappear.
Heavy traffic today
We are experiencing extremely heavy traffic at the moment to this site. That is why pages might load slower than usual. Sorry… So far today we are getting about 10 times as many visitors as on a normal busy day. This is already the most visitors we’ve ever had on a single day since we started in 2007!
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FAIL! Germans complain about google street view in newspaper with a photo of them standing outside their home + full names published
These people in Germany are protesting Google Maps Street View due to privacy issues. Next to the article in a local newspaper there is an image of them standing outside their home. Below the image their full names can be seen.
Seriously.
Even a dog was better
Bafana Bafana is the nickname for the South African national football team.
