Why travel, when you can navigate from the comfort of your own home.

I am now not sure why I bothered going to the U.S. and taking a lot of photos for posterity. Google has introduced a controversial new feature called Streetview which I have only just discovered much to my delight. I can drive up Hollywood Boulevard again, see the Hollywood sign, visit San Francisco, visit Wall Street…

Outside Fisherman’s Wharf YHI

Outside Fisherman's Wharf YHI

The view up Lombard Street

Lombard Street

God Bless America

God Bless America

The hostel in Chelsea I stayed in

Welcome to the centre of the Universe!

Welcome to the centre of the Universe!

Looking down Wall Street

Looking down Wall Street

Well you get the idea! Of course this has been used for nefarious purposes. An entire site devoted to spotting strange happenings is now indexing the bizzare of America. Apparently Canadians don’t want this level of intrusion into their daily lives, but I say if you aren’t doing anything wrong you don’t have anything to hide :). So don’t pick your nose in public.

Comments

  1. Lauren

    There was this article on LifeHacker a while ago that said a geezer who couldn’t remember what time he had to move his car in the morning and couldn’t be arsed going outside to check in the dark fired up Google instead and read the parking sign on the picture :)

    87:175 10:24, Sep 14 2007

Post a comment