The good news:
Along with Google’s Street View update came many new features, including the photoshopping to make the Google car disappear.
The bad news:
Along with this update came the removal of some of the things that made Street View funny sometimes. Things that will no longer be seen in Street View are:
Hi-resolution imagery
People’s faces
Previous Street Views of hi-resolution Street View.
Those things were giving Google lots of trouble, so all imagery is now lower resolution.
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The Grand Prismatic Spring is nearby Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. It is the largest and most colourful spring in the world, and can be seen from space. The steam it gives off is tremendous, visible, and has a very unpleasant odor. Scientist say that if the Grand Prismatic becomes larger or hotter, it could be sign that Yellowstone’s volcano could erupt.
Usually you see the car when looking down, but here it’s for some reason completely invisible. Who took these images if not the Google car?
Street View added 37 new cities and parks. They also expanded coverage of 15 cities today.
Here’s the full list
MA: Springfield NY: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse NJ: Newark VA: Virginia Beach NC: Charlotte, Winston-Salem SC: Columbia, Greenville GA: Atlanta FL: Boca Raton, Cape Coral, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Sarasota, West Palm Beach AL: Huntsville MS: Jackson TN: Knoxville KY: Lexington, Louisville OH: Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo MI: Ann Arbor MO: St. Louis KS: Topeka NE: Lincoln OK: Oklahoma City, Tulsa NV: Reno CA: Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento, Stockton Everglades National Park (Florida) Florida Keys Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming) Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming/Montana) Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado) Joshua Tree National Park (California) Death Valley National Park (California) Lassen Volcanic National Park (California) Sequoia National Park (California) Lake Tahoe (California/Nevada)
Street View coverage has also expanded in 15 of the current areas: Boise, Boston, Kansas City, Miami, Nashville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and Tucson. (source)
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella can be seen here walking down the street.
With the new images Google added of some cities this image is no longer available, but we have a screen capture:
