The Google "Street View" cars resting after a day of picture taking.
Since its debut nearly two years ago, Google Street View has been both highly praised and loudly damned. The fans of the nosy website love how they can easily jaunt around the globe with a simple click of the mouse. However, the naysayers see it as a major privacy issue. Whatever your feelings might be on the site, it surely has changed the way in which people travel. I mean you can check out hundreds of destinations on the planet, stroll down their streets, see the top attractions and more without even leaving your house. Want to find that amazing Italian restaurant your friend told you about in Rome? Google it! Curious to see what a hotel’s surroundings look like before booking? Google it! It really has become a tool that I use pretty much on a daily basis to check out places I plan to visit.
I am a big fan of the website and love that they recently expanded their street access to many parts of Europe, including cities like Madrid, Naples, Amsterdam, Paris, Belfast and London! Plus at this point Google has covered pretty much all of the United States. It seems like only yesterday that I was only able to scroll down a street in San Francisco and New York.
Now as mentioned earlier, with Google roaming streets around the world, there was bound to be a few “caught in the act” moments. The most popular one would have to be the drunken teen that passed out on his parents’ lawn in Australia (pictured below). The incident sent shock waves through the web and across Aussie media. Google cracked under the pressure and the street image was eventually replaced by a black screen. Below are a few more Google Street Views that probably wont be around too much longer (some have probably been removed already). Enjoy.
- Drunk guy in Australia. This made the news worlwide and Google later removed it.
- Google car snaps a shot of another Google car in Coventry, England
- Lonely man wandering into sex shop in Amsterdam.
- Where’s Waldo? There’s Waldo! He was in London all along.
- Ooh! La-La! French kiss caught by Google cam.
- A good old fashion Pittsburgh Medeival sword fight.
- Put ‘em up. Apparently this was just a toy gun, as two kids “play” in Chicago.
- Ah the red light district in the Netherlands…always interesting.
- What? After a day of snooping, even the Google Street View team needs some nourishment.
