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Article: SURFING THE TOWN WITH STREET VIEW GOOGLE PUTS TRI-STATE SCENES ONLINE
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2008
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First it was your name, then, perhaps, your picture.
Now, anyone with an Internet connection may Google your home and
even your car, your pets or your trash.
Welcome to the brave new world of Google's Street View, a visual
component of Google Maps, which put street-level, visual images of
residences and businesses throughout Evansville and Henderson, Ky.,
and much of the metropolitan area
online earlier this month.
On Aug. 4, the local communities joined some 100 cities and
metropolitan areas in the United States that Internet users now can
navigate visually. With a click of a mouse, one can cruise streets,
stop, turn and zoom in 360-degree views recorded on a special camera
mounted above a ...