I would love to know how much Google spends on StreetView.
When they first started sending those cars around, I think everyone collectively mocked, "Haha. Well you're certainly not going to photograph every street in the world."
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#12Wow, the second random street is in my hometown.
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#13Hey, did you get the idea after seeing http://smwh.re ?
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#15What's your randomizer? Maybe it's just me or maybe a lot of France looks the same but I swear I'm seeing a lot of repeats, perhaps as much as 1 in 20.
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#16Not random.
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#18There's definitely something intriguing about seeing random mundane scenes (with occasional awesome exceptions) in far away locations.
I found it weirdly compelling.
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#19Wow, the second random street is in my hometown.
You've gotta get a tinfoil hat, or a lottery ticket. Perhaps both.
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#20Some interesting non-street views in there: http://randomstreetview.com/#fnso2_17h6mm_b0_a_-8 http://randomstreetview.com/#68vsh_19xpmm_100_a_-1 http://randomstreetview.com/#vbpgr_60bxi_b6_a_-1 http://randomstreetview.com/#953ql_19j07c_1ix_a_-g
Are these user submitted or has google actually been there?