Google StreetView funny stuff
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:16 am
Well maybe not funny, but mildly amusing or interesting stuff.
As some of you know, I work with spatial / mapping software and part of my job involves spending a lot of time on google, flicking between maps, satellite and streetview. Every now and then we spot stuff that is interesting enough to call the other team members over. Our job is pretty monotonous, so it doesn't take much to warrant interrupting the others
I thought I'd share the more interesting ones that come up.
I should've been keeping track of these, as now there's a few I can't find again. One amusing one was the Google car doing a 12 point turn. Forwards, backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards, backwards, etc. I've seen into some garages in some pricey Sydney suburbs and I've seen some farmer doing doughnuts in the dirt on a chooky.
Anyway, today's notable StreetView capture is a police bust in Cessnock.
paste this address into Google and turn on Streetview: 352 Old Maitland Rd, Cessnock, NSW
There's some irregularly parked cop cars, and a bunch of cops standing on the front lawn, talking to someone. With that many cars and officers, I'm betting it was something bigger than somebody's cat being stuck up a tree
As some of you know, I work with spatial / mapping software and part of my job involves spending a lot of time on google, flicking between maps, satellite and streetview. Every now and then we spot stuff that is interesting enough to call the other team members over. Our job is pretty monotonous, so it doesn't take much to warrant interrupting the others
I thought I'd share the more interesting ones that come up.I should've been keeping track of these, as now there's a few I can't find again. One amusing one was the Google car doing a 12 point turn. Forwards, backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards, backwards, etc.
I've seen into some garages in some pricey Sydney suburbs and I've seen some farmer doing doughnuts in the dirt on a chooky. Anyway, today's notable StreetView capture is a police bust in Cessnock.
paste this address into Google and turn on Streetview: 352 Old Maitland Rd, Cessnock, NSW
There's some irregularly parked cop cars, and a bunch of cops standing on the front lawn, talking to someone. With that many cars and officers, I'm betting it was something bigger than somebody's cat being stuck up a tree
no don't know the residence just know the area
