so i wasn't very surprised when google rolled out the google street view feature that they did chicago and part of the suburbs. it's the 3rd largest city in the country, after all.
however, i was more than a little surprised to find that they had sent their 360 camera on wheels, in some cases privacy-invading google street crew to crawfordsville, IN, my hometown.
here's the church i went to growing up (behind that tree):
oh, they also went through marion, IN, where i went to college. and muncie. and bloomington. and columbus.
they basically started in indy and branched their way out to all the cities in the state.
i've noticed before that for some reason indiana has some of the highest-resolution aerial shots available in google earth, and now, it has some of the most detail shots in google street view. do any fellow hoosiers know whether there is a reason behind this?
so check it out. see if they spotted anyone you know. i'd do the same but i have, you know, stuff to do.
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They even drove up and down the hood here in Marion ... and snapped a pic of the Boys & Girls club director outside of his house 2 blocks from here. Also got a pic of our car. Judging by the shadows, it was evening.
It's crazy how much of the country they've documented! I actually read an article (can't remember where) that said some city either asked or sued google to get them to remove the streetview of their city.
adam: crazy. they went down your street, but they didn't go down mine!
moongov: i think it was a town in minnesota. and with google's cashflow, they can do almost anything they want. kinda scary when you think about it.
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