02-09-2010, 11:06 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Google Streetview expands across Canada
Google launched it's streetview today outside of the 13 or so major Canadian cities. Check it out, there's quite a lot, especially in Alberta.
I know there's another Streetview thread, but thought that was Calgary specific.
maps.google.ca
Last edited by Jayems; 02-09-2010 at 11:14 AM.
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02-09-2010, 11:16 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wherever the cooler is.
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Cool! How do you post the image on here? I found my hometown!
Haha, you can definitely tell which way the car was driving...there's a whole bunch of dead bugs on the front-facing cameras.
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02-09-2010, 11:17 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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screen cap it, then upload to tinypic.com
mac users: shift+cmd+4
They even have Inuvik, way the hell up north. Pretty cool.
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02-09-2010, 11:25 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wherever the cooler is.
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The bustling metropolis of Bawlf!
The road going to my real home:
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02-09-2010, 11:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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They have street view of my hometown and yet no google maps of it 
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02-09-2010, 12:49 PM
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Voted for Kodos
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It's really incredible, some full streetview sections of gravel roads in the middle of nowhere.
Example.
The probably isn't even 20 people that live within 10km of there.
Last edited by You Need a Thneed; 02-09-2010 at 12:52 PM.
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02-09-2010, 12:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayems
screen cap it, then upload to tinypic.com
mac users: shift+cmd+4
They even have Inuvik, way the hell up north. Pretty cool.
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Time for me to scope out the Inuvik strip club!
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02-09-2010, 01:10 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Wow - this is unbelievable - I managed to find my brother's house in a town so small in Manitoba that it doesn't show up on google maps - I think it's population 50. But the google maps car drove down all two streets and took photos!
Wandered through my hometown in Manitoba as well (pop. 350) - checked to see if my dad's truck was at the local cafe, but he must have been working that day. I've been away too long to ID the cars on the main street, but I bet if I showed my parents the link they could tell me exactly who was in the cafe/bank/post office at that particular point in time.
Sigh, gotta love small towns.
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02-09-2010, 01:26 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wherever the cooler is.
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Cool! I found my cousin's house in Camrose.
Oh and tete, I'd agree with you one hundred percent. I know everyone's vehicle in those pictures haha. Too bad they didn't drive down the 6 roads Bawlf has.
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02-09-2010, 01:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Estonia
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Wow, they even drove around Stavley, crazy. They drove down to the park as well, pretty cool.
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02-09-2010, 01:45 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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And my house in a 5 year old neighbourhood in Chestermere isn't in streetview, and isn't even on google maps.
The school nearby which was built years later is there, drives right by it.. I can see the street you turn down to go to my house too, but they just ignored dozens and dozens of streets in my area.
Why do you hate Chestermere Google?
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02-09-2010, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Wow, they have the small town where my Grandma lives and where my dad grew up:
Main street of Rossburn, Manitoba:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...127.11,,1,3.55
Took a nice picture of the Home Hardware!
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02-09-2010, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Google is getting creative. They hooked their cameras on a snowmobile to get the runs at Whistler.
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2...-whistler.html
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02-09-2010, 03:20 PM
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Street View didn't do Bonavista, Newfoundland!
Some kinda omission!
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02-09-2010, 03:36 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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That's awesome! This will be a boon for me, since I do a lot of Highway planning work. Go Google!
Edit: I now know what Hwy 35 through Keg River and High Level look like! lol
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02-09-2010, 04:36 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Alright, streetview of my hometown of Redcliff, Alberta!
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02-09-2010, 07:33 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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I friggin love Google.
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02-09-2010, 07:46 PM
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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wow, they even have Lumby, BC. Google is unstoppable
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02-09-2010, 09:59 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Calgary
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So, weird question...
They forgot to blur out the license plate number on my buddies truck in Medicine Hat. They have some info on their site about reporting an error, but I can't get it to work.
Anyone know how to report this to Google?
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02-09-2010, 10:43 PM
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First Line Centre
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Extremely disappointed that they didn't go through Dildo, NL.
They did find my street in Saint John, though. Kinda creepy.
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