Google Street View at Night

[roadman65]

I stumbled across this caption on GSV that has the Google car obtaining information at night along the Berkshire Thruway in NYS. 

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Selkirk,+NY&hl=en&ll=42.508761,-73.77118&spn=0.006754,0.013797&sll=27.698638,-83.804601&sspn=8.300816,14.128418&oq=selk&t=h&hnear=Selkirk,+Albany,+New+York&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.508761,-73.77118&panoid=HSj1QKEJDCSk878Bg7vnNg&cbp=12,304.52,,0,0

Are there any other places that Google captioned places at night like this?  So far this is the first I encountered, but I would imagine that Google would not try it here by itself, or would it?

[NE2]

You think this was deliberate?

[amh424]

Part of the Chicago Skyway was shot at night.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I remember some footage in Key Largo FL shot at night.

[kphoger]

I've seen nighttime shots in various locations.

[deathtopumpkins]

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...sure the word you're looking for isn't "capture[d]"?

[Michael]

I can recall two locations here in NY that were captured at night.  Both locations have been replaced by daytime HD imagery.

• One direction of NY 17 (westbound if I remember right) between Elmira and Horseheads
• The Thruway near the eastern I-490 interchange south of Rochester (I can't remember if it was one or both directions)

Also, NY 417 between the US 15 Gang Mills interchange and NY 415 in Painted Post was captured in the rain.

[jasonsk287]

I've seen this. What is the point of doing it at night? Nobody can see anything...

[vdeane]

So Google can claim the area is covered and put off doing it properly, I assume.  But who knows.  Google has made many idiotic decisions regarding maps - it's as if they're intentionally decreasing the quality of their product!

[ChoralScholar]

I saw on Facebook today that the Google Car was in my town today.  I hope they didn't take a picture of my unmowed yard with my son's bike laying in the middle of it.  lol

[silverback1065]

There's a few places in Indiana where this was the case, I believe it has been removed though, I've also seen some sunset view.  Personally the night shots are annoying, since all you can see is the blackness of the night sky and some random street/car lights.  You would think that Google wouldn't permit their drivers to do this.

[Scott5114]

I doubt these are intentional. Probably someone was just on the way home/back to the office to drop the car off after a long day of photography, was ready to get off, and forgot to turn the camera off. And then they just never got caught by QA before they went up on the site. Mistakes happen.

[Mr. Matté]

Looks like even as late as last November, nighttime shoots are still happening: https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.715506,-74.971046&spn=0.048989,0.222988&t=h&z=13&layer=c&cbll=39.715456,-74.971107&panoid=zGSY-yNLhkAttusSdlUWCg&cbp=11,30.48,,0,2.49

[Lytton]

The Ephel street view cameras definitely do better night shots than Google's earlier ones.

[vdeane]

Looks like even as late as last November, nighttime shoots are still happening: https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.715506,-74.971046&spn=0.048989,0.222988&t=h&z=13&layer=c&cbll=39.715456,-74.971107&panoid=zGSY-yNLhkAttusSdlUWCg&cbp=11,30.48,,0,2.49

At least that one is usable.