Can we agree that Google Maps with satellites and street view

[Zuni]

is the coolest thing EVAR?

[Systematic Chaos]

1. And when you add in the pedometer function it's better still!

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

[NightWatcher]

2. I wish they'd let us know when they are taking the photo, so I could step outside and wave

[Midlodemocrat]

3. But what if you were in your pajamas?

[Arugula Latte]

5. And what if he waved the wrong body part?

:o

[Midlodemocrat]

10. That is just wrong. In so many ways.

[arcadian]

4. I can't

Maps Live is way better

[MrCoffee]

6. I don't understand the appeal

So you can see a picture of the street you live on. Whooptie doo.


Seriously, I don't see what the big deal is.

[Midlodemocrat]

7. Oh, it's more that just that. I can see a picture of the street YOU live on.

:rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

12. Having seen the Google image, I am compelled to ask...

why did MrCoffee decide to start wearing briefs?

[Midlodemocrat]

13. The boxers hurt his junk. Or that's what he said, anyway.

I know, though, scary, scary stuff.


:rofl:

[Zuni]

8. not just your street

for example, sometimes I go through the City of New York. I mean, I can just go and look through random streets in Queens, Brooklyn or The Bronx and see what the architecture looks like. Or Chicago, Boston or DC. I look at all of them. Or I can look at the house I grew up in. Or I can see what the neighborhood my friend's family lives in.

You can admire vast cityscapes without getting lost and without dealing with traffic.

there are a million cool reasons.

[suninvited]

9. I agree.

I love it. I can spend hours looking at places I have been in my childhood, or places I have never been.

[Zuni]

11. exactly

I explore whole cities. Cities I have never been, like Chicago or Boston and places I have been and examine what the neighborhoods look like and such. I find all kinds of cool places.

[Bertha Venation]

14. Yes! Especially since I found . . .

. . . the hotel, the hotel, the most fabulous hotel I've ever stayed in and at which we will spend a week next month. The camera takes me right to the entrance, where I drive in and the lovely valet takes away my lovely rental car.

I. Can't. Wait!

[Midlodemocrat]

15. I was google street mapping to find the location of a

graveside service a couple of weeks back and in one of the cars, the poor driver was picking his nose.

:rofl:

Even though this should be a solemn moment.

[Bertha Venation]

16. No!

:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. It's cool; but also a little creepy...

in a Big Brotherish kind of way...

[Blue Diadem]

18. I kinda like MSN's bird's eye view too.

In some areas it's up really close, others not so much. With the bird's eye view you can do a 360 on the property and move the map around IMO, easier than google.

[Richardo]

19. Not until they get rid of that stupid shadow thing or whatever the fuck it is

I use Google Earth or MS Virtual Earth.