Big and fun news today: Google’s voyeuristic Street View finally launched for Boston maps.
For those unfamiliar, Google maps added this street view function for big cities over the last year, giving you a peak into real locations. And although this all seems a little creepy and intrusive, this summer I noticed a few cars with cameras mounted on the top driving around the Back Bay, so I’m going to go search for myself…
There have been some pretty hilarious moments caught by the google cams in other cities, inspiring a number of websites dedicated to capturing them all.
So go have a look around Boston- whoever posts the funniest image found in Boston in the comments section wins a prize (I’ll spoil the surprise now: the prize will be me, laughing to myself).
Also- Happy Birthday, Dad!
*UPDATE*: Adam over at Univeral Hub is having a competition with a $5 prize. That’s $5 more than I’m offering… I say go over there to compete.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Enjoyed this post! Haven’t found anything funny yet, although the “pretty hilarious moments” link was great.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:45 am
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=boston&ie=UTF8&ll=42.354929,-71.084633&spn=0.03368,0.107803&z=14&om=1&layer=c&cbll=42.357127,-71.07199
I think I see Zach through the window. It has to be him, he spends most of his day there.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:46 am
damn it - that didn’t work. Oh well.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:14 am
I’m taking a shot in the dark here… but was that link supposed to go to the 7-11 on Charles St?
December 11th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Sure was.