Google Street View

[agentsteel53]

"New York State Throughway"?

oddly, this is the one instance in which the Sili Speling looks more correct.  Miller "Lite" beer looks wrong, and even spelling of a road as a "Hi-Way" is awfully silly, as is referring to one of New York City's administrative regions as a "boro" ... but as for the Thruway - I know it's wrong but that's the way I likes it!

[deathtopumpkins]

Speaking of NYC, much of the streetview imagery of Manhattan was taken at night, though it doesn't look too bad.
Unfortunately I can't recall any specific locations right now.

[Alex]

More weirdness on this stretch of U.S. 43 near Chickasaw Creek.

[Hellfighter]

More weirdness on this stretch of U.S. 43 near Chickasaw Creek.

Looks like something was obstructing the camera. There's evidence of this in various places.

[UptownRoadGeek]

Mapquest now has there own version. 360 View 

[WillWeaverRVA]

Mapquest now has there own version. 360 View 

And its images appear to be even older than Google Street View's. Google Street View at least has the I-295 flyover ramp completed; on Mapquest, they've barely started the project.

[vdeane]

Plus MaqQuest's 360 view is available in very limited areas (at least in NY) and seems to be a LOT slower than Google.

[Mr. Matté]

And they drove beyond the Road Closed sign here...

Did the same here

Going from going past a Road Closed sign to going past a No Motor Vehicles sign on a rail trail:
http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=30.316349,-81.950594&spn=0,359.986063&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=30.31547,-81.949734&panoid=d5mCwp73x0-cHdTrdu8QKA&cbp=12,57.54,,0,-0.61

[WillWeaverRVA]

Going from going past a Road Closed sign to going past a No Motor Vehicles sign on a rail trail:
http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=30.316349,-81.950594&spn=0,359.986063&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=30.31547,-81.949734&panoid=d5mCwp73x0-cHdTrdu8QKA&cbp=12,57.54,,0,-0.61

That's interesting. That road has a lot of warning and regulatory signs for a road that's closed to motor vehicles...

[DAL764]

Going from going past a Road Closed sign to going past a No Motor Vehicles sign on a rail trail:
http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=30.316349,-81.950594&spn=0,359.986063&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=30.31547,-81.949734&panoid=d5mCwp73x0-cHdTrdu8QKA&cbp=12,57.54,,0,-0.61

That's interesting. That road has a lot of warning and regulatory signs for a road that's closed to motor vehicles...

Not sure whether it's the case for this road, but in recent months Google has sent out an armada of trikes to cover trails, bike paths and the like.

[algorerhythms]

Google has since censored this set of images, but nonetheless:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/who_killed_bambi/

[vdeane]

Wow, that's not that far from where I live!

[PAHighways]

Part of Suit Against Google's Street View Reinstituted

[yanksfan6129]

I don't like those people; their last name (Boring) really suits them. Ya know what, I'm going to go drive by their house. I bet they'll sue me for looking at their house.

[Bickendan]

'Grammatically' correct, at least. And 'throughway' sits better for me than 'thruway' (quiet, Firefox spellcheck!), but as it's officially known as the 'Thruway', that makes 'throughway' wrong in this case.

Donuts.

[Mr. Matté]

Looks like the Google Street View car (or more likely trike, but the former sounds more interesting...) plowed through Hersheypark.

[WNYroadgeek]

Wow, that's not that far from where I live!

Same here.

[Chris]

Bergen, Norway:

[Michael]

The rail trail mentioned earlier is cool.  It even has it's own grade crossing signs and gates!

Google is now adding Street View imagery of famous attractions, and even ski slopes!  Check out the Street View gallery here

[mightyace]

@Chris

Those people must have known the Street View vehicle was coming to plan a stunt like that. 

[burgess87]

I've just seen that the Google cars have documented Alaska's Dalton Highway, also better known as the "Ice Road" for those of you who watch the History Channel.

[deathtopumpkins]

And much of northwestern Canada along with it. All HD, of course.

[wandering drive]

Wow.  I remember as a young map reader being frustrated that the Rand McNally maps never showed the roads in northern Canada like they did in the south, and now I can take a virtual trip up any major highway up there or in Alaska.  This is beyond what I ever expected from Street View.  I'd give my right arm to be the one doing the driving.

[Bickendan]

You also need to give your right leg. But agreed -- I very much want to drive the ice roads.

[deathtopumpkins]

I actually inquired about driving for them once--apparently they contract out to various local firms, and don't actually hire people as dedicated streetview drivers. Would be the roadgeek dream job.