No Google
Posted on June 1, 2008 - Filed Under General, Google, Google Maps | Leave a Comment
You can look at almost anything on Google. Just don’t try to sneak a peek of the homes in the private community of North Oaks, Minnesota.
There has recently been a small furor over the faces being seen on Google’s Street View mapping, resulting in Google beginning to blur the faces of people along the way.
Blurred Vision
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Maps, Software | Leave a Comment
After complaints of privacy invasion started coming in, Google has begun automatically blurring faces of people captured in the street photos taken for Google Maps.
Although Google’s Street View service was not the first to augment online maps with photos, the detail and breadth of images on the site surprised and unsettled many users when it […]
Mapjack
Posted on March 29, 2008 - Filed Under Google Maps, Site News | Leave a Comment
Not long ago, I wrote about Google Street View and the mapping project designed to bring 3D reality to Google Maps. The Goog has been adding a number of larger cities to its list every year. It has been an interesting project, following on the heels of a similar attempt by Amazon, now disbanded.
So, I […]
Wiki Maps
Posted on March 24, 2008 - Filed Under Google Maps | Leave a Comment
After the order of Wikipedia, Google maps has introduced the wiki concept to its users.
You can now add businesses, landmarks, and points of interest to Google maps.
Space View
Posted on March 17, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Maps | Leave a Comment
Google Sky, which was formerly an add-on to Google Earth is now available on its own. Browser based as Google’s offerings are, Sky gives just what it says, a view from above.
And what a view it is. Follow the bookmarked locations (such as Moon and Mars) or move around on your own. You’ll soon […]
Fort Google
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Maps | Leave a Comment
Have you enjoyed the street level view, panoramic photos that Google has been loading up for us? It’s pretty neat looking at any part of town and 360′ing around looking at storefronts head-on, etc…especially in cities or parts of cities you’re not likely to ever be in anyway.
Poor man’s travel guide I suppose.
Well, how would […]
Street View Maps from Google
Posted on February 14, 2008 - Filed Under Google Maps | Leave a Comment
Looks like Google adds about 35 street level view maps of cities in the US in the course of a year. The latest are Juneau, Boise, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Manchester, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Albany, and Schenectady. I guess G can only
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