Archive for August, 2008

now THIS is a bike path!

Friday, August 8th, 2008

… but what are all those cars doing on it?
According to Google Maps ‘blue outlined streets’ have Street View, so I was surprised to see that they must have left the car behind one day and hopped on a bicycle, because the Moonee Ponds Creek bicycle trail was outlined in blue just near my house. […]

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where was their spirit of adventure?

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

One of the fascinating things about Google’s Street View coverage of Australia is the amazingly out of the way places they got to. I love this aspect - dirt roads that wind along in the back blocks of the never never.
Anyway, I was panning around the Gulf Country of far north Queensland when I noticed […]

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Domain - first to market with Street View?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Checking my moderation queue, and noticed a comment on yesterday’s street view post, that seems to be from someone on the Domain team. I didn’t see the comment until this morning, but I did receive an announcement email from Domain yesterday and was mightily impressed with their use of streetview.
Obviously, they’ve had access to the […]

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Street view invades Australia

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

I can’t wait for the conspiracy theorists to get going on this one - Google have released Street View on their maps in Australia. Unlike earlier releases, this is a massive and dense coverage… amazing detail.
The face blurring technology is in full swing, and not very discriminate - blurring both the wheels on my car, […]

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