Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Google's Street View Feature


Last Wednesday, Google released their Street View feature in Canada (released worldwide in 2007). Have a look around by zooming in and activating the street view layer in Google Earth, or simply zoom in all the way to navigate with this feature on the website: http://maps.google.ca/


While navigating around downtown Halifax in Street View, I found the studio where I used to work. The windows of the building are decorated with giant printouts of some of the former employees, myself included. Although the studio shut down a year ago, the photos still colour the streets. When they are eventually taken down, I know my giant face will live on in Street View, at least until the next Google update.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's cool Lisa! Google has facial recognition software that seems to have blurred out your neighbours face!

Geographic Sciences said...

Cool photos, we should do giant photos of the class for our windows. What a fun way to add character to your office! Thanks for sharing. ~monica