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Google Launches Biggest-Ever Update To Street View

Google Launches Biggest-Ever Update To Street View

By Chris Crum April 23, 2013 | 3 Comments

Google announced today that it has added its 50th country to Street View with the addition of imagery from Hungary and Lesotho. In addition to the two new countries, Google is expanding its Street View imagery in Poland and Romania, …

Google Street View Tours Abandoned Shark Museum Google Street View Tours Abandoned Shark Museum

Google is really onto something with Street View, and the company is really just getting started, now that it’s got the Trekker out on missions. Still, while Google has had a tremendous amount of outdoor imagery for quite sometime, the …

Google Street View Captures Couple Having Sex Google Street View Captures Couple Having Sex
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You can find some interesting imagery on Google Maps Street View. It’s no wonder, given the efforts the company takes to produce it. They’ve even gone so far as to design special equipment to get imagery from the places where …

Renovate Your House On Street View [April Fools'] Renovate Your House On Street View [April Fools']
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Google, as usual, has plenty of April Fools’ pranks today. One that Google revealed on the Google Australia blog promises to let you renovate your house on Street View with “Google SCHMICK” . “Now you can give your house a …

Country Band 'Ambushes' Google Street View Car Country Band 'Ambushes' Google Street View Car
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Country music group Gunnar & The Grizzly Boys have a new video for their song “Could Be Me,” which looks like they hijacked Google’s Street View imagery by appearing in a set of photos. Oh, and the video is actually …

Google Street View Takes You to Namie-machi Google Street View Takes You to Namie-machi

Google is announcing another batch of fresh Street View imagery, this time coming from Japan. More specifically, Namie-machi, a small city in Fukushima Prefecture that’s in the Fukushima exclusion zone. That means that although years have passed since the nuclear …

Google Takes The Trekker To The Arctic Google Takes The Trekker To The Arctic

Google announced today that it is debuting the Trekker for the first time in Canada, as it lends the devices out to some locals. Earlier this year, Google launched the first Trekker-based imagery for the Grand Canyon. Trekker is a …

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