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The Nine Eyes of Google Street View

A couple of years ago, my neighbour was mowing another neighbours lawn, when he saw this weird car go by with what looked like a huge Chuppa Chup on top of it. He didn’t know it at the time, but he had been snapped by Googles street view camera.

It still boggles my mind to think of what Google have managed to, and continue to do. I think it is very cool that my car appears on Street View twice. I can see the house I grew up in. Where my mates live. This photo below has a story.

26/08/2008

I rang one of my mates whilst I was walking to the pub. He asked me where I was. I told him Bourke. He then asked for the street I was on. I told him the corner I was on and he said he could see the pub. I turned around and was about to mention the green Thirsty Camel sign when he said “Can you see the Thirsty Camel sign?” Google street view has been to Bourke it seems. ๐Ÿ™‚

Check out this link below for a very interesting article.

Art Fag City ยป IMG MGMT: The Nine Eyes of Google Street View.

GeoTagging – or – No Matter Where You Go, There You Are

Geotagging your photos is a great idea. The problem is, it can be a pain in the arse to do. I do a lot of mine through Flickr and the Localize Bookmark, but it takes time and is hardly perfect. The JOBO photoGPS Geo-Data makes it a whole lot easier. See the link below for a great write up about Geotagging, the whys and hows.

Geo data

Porter’s Blog – GeoTagging – or – No Matter Where You Go, There You Are.