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Google gets even closer with new Street View

May 29, 2007

Because using Google Maps and Google Earth to peer into your neighbor’s back yard and look for naked sunbathers just wasn’t fun enough, the search giant has now rolled out a new feature in Maps for select markets called Street View. Currently best demonstrated in — where else — New York City, Street View does exactly what it sounds like: you pick a point on the map, and you get a 360-degree view of what the world looks like for realz right down there on the sidewalk. Or in some cases, right in the middle of oncoming traffic (which makes you wonder how they captured the photos).

Is anyone else getting scared? If not, then check out the helpful demo video, with the super-dorky guy in the way-too-tight orange spandex suit. Hey, at least they have a sense of humor while they’re taking over the world.

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