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Love google streetview. I found my childhood home in Atlanta, and then sadly a couple of years later that it was torn down. I found the corner street in NYC where my parents lived just after WWII, though the building has changed. I saw that my great grandfather's home in Atlanta still exists. Yes- I love it! It's fascinating.
 
Oh, and check out Shorpy Higgenbothem.com. It has very high quality vintage photos and historical photos. You can spend hours there comparing old buildings to what they look like now on google streetview.
 
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Intellicast for weather
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Search engine that donates to rainforest
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Meet up-to find local groups to backpack (or whatever) with.
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Pandora for music
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Tracking satellites, the space shuttle and stuff-Heavens Above
Heavens-Above Home Page

Traffic
Sigalert.com Los Angeles Traffic Map

traffic cameras
Caltrans :: Live Traffic Cameras

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Ally said:
Oh, and check out Shorpy Higgenbothem.com. It has very high quality vintage photos and historical photos. You can spend hours there comparing old buildings to what they look like now on google streetview.
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Thanks! Very impressive site - I spent the last few hours there.
 
W2R said:
I guess I am the only one here who has been sucked into Google Streetview in a big way, right?

I love going someplace in Streetview and taking a virtual walk down the street, there. I go to places where I (or friends or relatives) have lived, places in the news, places where criminals or famous people lived, places of historical significance, places with great architecture like Paris, places with breathtaking scenery like California... the whole WORLD is out there at your fingertips.
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That's a little creepy...




...but I've done the same thing a few times. :cool:
 
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...Ever wonder if that little hamburger joint near your high school is still there? You know, the one where you used to hang out with your date on Saturday night? You can go take a look any time you want.
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Wow and here I thought that was private! Also that little restaurant where we drank cherry cokes and ate toasted danish after school...
 
Is it the location I picked or am I doing something wrong? I Googled Google street view but all i get is an aerial view, I can't view anything at ground level. Could someone give me a location I could try that you can see things from the street level? Thanks.
 
veremchuka said:
Is it the location I picked or am I doing something wrong? I Googled Google street view but all i get is an aerial view, I can't view anything at ground level. Could someone give me a location I could try that you can see things from the street level? Thanks.
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You can see things at street level nearly anywhere these days, except for the most remote (or private) areas.

Here are Google's instructions on how to use Streetview.

And here are my instructions, if they help any (Google's are probably better):
Go to www.google.com/maps and zoom in on a major city in the United States. Zoom in pretty far. Then when you click on the little orange "man" on the left, to drag him over to the map, the streets with Streetview will be blue. Pull him over to one of the blue streets and you can see in streetview. The arrows on the street show you which ways you can "walk" by clicking on the arrows.

If you zoom out quite a way, you may just see the aerial view.

Once you have learned how to use it, you will find you can see things from the street level even in small towns and many other countries. You can walk along the banks of the Seine, or check out a small town or whatever you want to do.
 
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My own email account, Facebook, Tripadvisor, google and this website keeps me busy. As I stay in a foreign country, I also visit www.geoexpat.com. Other websites include Bloomberg and Marketwatch.
 
veremchuka said:
Is it the location I picked or am I doing something wrong? I Googled Google street view but all i get is an aerial view, I can't view anything at ground level. Could someone give me a location I could try that you can see things from the street level? Thanks.
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If you're trying it on a small town there may not be street views available yet. Try it on a major city, all the streets should be covered there.
 
Nodak said:
If you're trying it on a small town there may not be street views available yet. Try it on a major city, all the streets should be covered there.
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You're right - - it doesn't work on all roads out in the country, and in some small towns only the major streets are available.

In Springfield, Missouri (my favorite small town), essentially all the streets are available but in the countryside around there, only the major roads are on Streetview. In Kailua (Oahu), Hawaii, where my family lived, most of the streets are on Streetview but not all.

Even in big cities, some very exclusive gated and guarded communities of multi-multi-million dollar mansions cannot be seen on Streetview.
 
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W2R said:
You're right - - it doesn't work on all roads out in the country, and in some small towns only the major streets are available.

In Springfield, Missouri (my favorite small town), essentially all the streets are available but in the countryside around there, only the major roads are on Streetview. In Kailua (Oahu), Hawaii, where my family lived, most of the streets are on Streetview but not all.

Even in big cities, some very exclusive gated and guarded communities of multi-multi-million dollar mansions cannot be seen on Streetview.
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My town is small enough that only the two highways that come through town are covered. Around those two there are hundreds of square miles that are not available.
 
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My town is small enough that only the two highways that come through town are covered. Around those two there is hundreds of square miles that are not available.
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I can't wait until Streetview covers ALL the streets, even in small towns! Sometimes I fantasize that it might cover the insides of public places, like stores and museums, or back alleys and courtyards in the French Quarter. Maybe sometime in our lifetimes. :D Meanwhile, those of us with aerial photos can even check the roof for missing shingles using the aerial photos. The resolution is that good in my area, anyway. Or you could see my lawn furniture in the back yard.
 
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W2R said:
You can see things at street level nearly anywhere these days, except for the most remote (or private) areas.

Here are Google's instructions on how to use Streetview.

And here are my instructions, if they help any (Google's are probably better):
Go to www.google.com/maps and zoom in on a major city in the United States. Zoom in pretty far. Then when you click on the little orange "man" on the left, to drag him over to the map, the streets with Streetview will be blue. Pull him over to one of the blue streets and you can see in streetview. The arrows on the street show you which ways you can "walk" by clicking on the arrows.

If you zoom out quite a way, you may just see the aerial view.

Once you have learned how to use it, you will find you can see things from the street level even in small towns and many other countries. You can walk along the banks of the Seine, or check out a small town or whatever you want to do.
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Thanks W2R, I did all that you stated. I guess I am using it correctly.

I used the address where I grew up as a kid and none of the streets are in blue so I thought that was the problem but it is a town with a population of 35k so I thought that was large enough to have it's streets mapped.

Now where I live today is out in the sticks on a dirt road in a small town with a population of 5,600 so I wouldn't expect this to be street view.

edited: I just walked down the main street in the town I grew up in. Strange! Things changed a lot since I moved away 20 years ago.
 
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