Google Map Street View

Let's get right down to business. Here's some new technology that will blow your mind.

Google™ has just released their latest service, called Google™ Maps Street View. Right now, you can view 5 different US cities in real time (New York, Miami, Denver, Las Vegas and San Francisco). So what, you say? Go there now, and click the "Street View" icon on the top of the map screen.

You will be greeted with a map of the United States with some camera-shaped icons on it. Click one of them and zoom in to the city. Any street highlighted in blue is available. It is really strange to be able to open a live shot of almost any place in a huge city and then "fly around" using your mouse. Unbelievable!

You can literally go there and see if there are leaves on the trees in Denver, if the surf is up in Miami or the the Golden Gate Bridge needs a paint job.

More cities will be added to the system continuously. What does this have to do with maintenance? I am not sure, but I'll bet we will find some uses for it. In the meantime, this is more than a little creepy.
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