Jun 12
Google Maps Street View Added for Atlanta
Just a quick post here, but something I’m very excited about. Since Google Maps started releasing “Street View” for cities around the US I have been waiting anxiously for them to add Atlanta. I actually thought it was a bit ridiculous to be queued behind places like Spokane WA and Manchester NH since Atlanta is a fairly large city, but I’m sure there were reasons behind the decision. Maybe since Atlanta is such a large city and is not on a grid system they figured it would take more effort to actually scour the streets.
Anyway, I was looking up directions today to figure out where to go to pick up my car since it is in the shop and was greeted with camera icons that marked every turn on my trip. Awesome! No more having to guess what each obscure twist and turn will look like when I take trips. For someone as OCD about directions as me, this is great news. I am always looking for visual cues to let me know I am going in the right direction.
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June 12th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I agree that the turn-by-turn street view directions are pretty neat. Can you find your apartment? Good ‘ole Champaign is still yet to be indexed. In fact, even the basic satellite imagery isn’t quite there yet, although I think that is due in part because of the crazy research here.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Yeah, I found my place pretty easily. The pictures were taken at kind of a bad time though. There was a lot of roadwork going on at the time so the pictures are kind of ugly. Oh well, at least they are there.