Google Street View

Google Street View is becoming rather amazing. My daughter has taken my phone, gone to Google Maps and “walked” the route from our place to her best friends house, via Street View.

That’s a totally pointless use of the technology, but as an old dude, think about the implications. From your phone, you can map the route visually from one place to another on the fly. That’s pretty amazing.

I use my Android phone for navigation when driving. I go to random places and when I arrive at the destination it shows a picture of where I am. No matter how random the place is, I get a picture.

We’re about to go on vacation and visit my wife’s brother in Orlando. So of course, I google his address to get directions. I’m used to getting the perfect map, but in the upper left is a picture of his house. Not like his block in the general vicinity, it’s a flat out snapshot of his house.

Very cool, but a little creepy…