Today, I discovered yet another great Google invention/tool that is fantastic. Lets say you’re shopping for a home on-line and you want to know exactly what the street/area looks like without having to drive out to see it. Maybe there is an electric tower in the back yard and you don’t know about it, maybe the neighbors house is a dump and you don’t know it until you see it. In the past you would have to get in your car, spend time, money and gas only to discover the neighborhood wasn’t exactly what you wanted.
Well, let me introduce you to Google Street View. Its pretty amazing, real 360 degree photos of streets. They just introduced Cincinnati as one of their cities on June 10. I’ve spent all night looking at my house and all my friends housesl city views etc… Just go to Google Maps and put in your address. Most of Cincinnati is there (the suburbs aren’t yet). How did they do it? Well, they sent a car (prius) with a camera around to drive all the streets and photo the entire view of the streets. You can visit some of the major US cities without having to leave your couch. I went to Alaska tonight! Tons of fun and you probably won’t get any work done tomorrow.
Have fun!
