New! From the people who brought you "spot yourself in your garden on Google Earth" and "Google yourself" comes find yourself in Street View
So here we have Google's Street View which seems fun, sure. But what use does it have past sending web users in a frenzy looking for Wally. Yes. apparantly Google has hidden Wally, off of "Where's Wally" on a street somewhere. I'm looking, I'm looking... I found Wally. Sort of.
And now here he is for real...
Seems like Google needs to do something like this Wally thing to actually get people using the new system. As a user, I found that I needed to have seen how good the Street View is before I considred using it. Before I figured out how to get it up, I was sure of another gimmick, like the limited traffic data it offers.
But actually, once I'd "walked" a few streets I realised how useful the tool would be for map users: the aim of Google maps is to find out where you are going.
It might be nice to know what kind of area you are visitng, if it is run down or what type of shops/restaurants is has on it.
I have a problem with the way that you select the tool. Google Maps USA used to have 'Street View' prominent like the 'Traffic' button. Now you have to click and drag a little man. What's the little fella got to do with Street view? pictures are taken from a car's POV. It seems a bit sluggish to me that i cannot just select street view from the top - it shows up the highlighted streets in blue - i click on a spot to zoom in. Why all this dragging Street-View-Steve around? seems like too much hard work.
I don't know about this privacy thing. Seems like people being silly because they were walking along the road, or in thier living rooms with the curtains open, and that's then in public view, isn't it? Won't be long before we all walk the streets with masks on, so nobody can see our faces.
Observe here the power of the face blur. Nobody knows his scret blend of 1 million herbs and spices, but I'm sure all know who it is, don't we??
What can google do with our faces anyway? Oh no! Mr Google saw me 1st thing in the morning without any make up on.
I'm waiting for The Mirror to come out with "Google Street View ruined my marrage" or something. You know, wife sees husband's naked bottom through curtains of best friend's house? Good Times.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Google Street view. Find yourself. I found Wally...
New! From the people who brought you "spot yourself in your garden on Google Earth" and "Google yourself" comes find yourself in Street View
So here we have Google's Street View which seems fun, sure. But what use does it have past sending web users in a frenzy looking for Wally. Yes. apparantly Google has hidden Wally, off of "Where's Wally" on a street somewhere. I'm looking, I'm looking... I found Wally. Sort of.
And now here he is for real...
Seems like Google needs to do something like this Wally thing to actually get people using the new system. As a user, I found that I needed to have seen how good the Street View is before I considred using it. Before I figured out how to get it up, I was sure of another gimmick, like the limited traffic data it offers.
But actually, once I'd "walked" a few streets I realised how useful the tool would be for map users: the aim of Google maps is to find out where you are going.
It might be nice to know what kind of area you are visitng, if it is run down or what type of shops/restaurants is has on it.
I have a problem with the way that you select the tool. Google Maps USA used to have 'Street View' prominent like the 'Traffic' button. Now you have to click and drag a little man. What's the little fella got to do with Street view? pictures are taken from a car's POV. It seems a bit sluggish to me that i cannot just select street view from the top - it shows up the highlighted streets in blue - i click on a spot to zoom in. Why all this dragging Street-View-Steve around? seems like too much hard work.
I don't know about this privacy thing. Seems like people being silly because they were walking along the road, or in thier living rooms with the curtains open, and that's then in public view, isn't it? Won't be long before we all walk the streets with masks on, so nobody can see our faces.
Observe here the power of the face blur. Nobody knows his scret blend of 1 million herbs and spices, but I'm sure all know who it is, don't we??
What can google do with our faces anyway? Oh no! Mr Google saw me 1st thing in the morning without any make up on.
I'm waiting for The Mirror to come out with "Google Street View ruined my marrage" or something. You know, wife sees husband's naked bottom through curtains of best friend's house? Good Times.
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