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The most interesting part comes when they start indexing these images so that you can search products (and prices) within stores. The tech is mostly there (see google goggles). Then you can answer the question "Where's the closest store with jumper cables?" Or really, "show me where the jumper cables are." A very big map reduce job, but seems feasible.
The most interesting part comes when they start indexing these images so that you can search products (and prices) within stores. The tech is mostly there (see google goggles). Then you can answer the question "Where's the closest store with jumper cables?" Or really, "show me where the jumper cables are." A very big map reduce job, but seems feasible.
I needed a USB hub the other day, and I couldn't really wait days for it to show up from an internet store.
I could search the website of a big (expensive) chain store, PC World, but we have lots and lots of tiny local computer stores, and supermarkets with small tech sections, whose inventory is an absolute mystery unless I was to go and expend gas driving around them all. I often just bite the bullet and pay over the odds at PC World because I know they have the item, and I won't have to spend money and time travelling round and round.
I've often thought "where's my nearest store that sells X, right now?" would be a neat idea for a startup. It sounds like an administration nightmare, though.
The most interesting part comes when they start indexing these images so that you can search products (and prices) within stores. The tech is mostly there (see google goggles). Then you can answer the question "Where's the closest store with jumper cables?" Or really, "show me where the jumper cables are." A very big map reduce job, but seems feasible.
The most interesting part comes when they start indexing these images so that you can search products (and prices) within stores. The tech is mostly there (see google goggles). Then you can answer the question "Where's the closest store with jumper cables?" Or really, "show me where the jumper cables are." A very big map reduce job, but seems feasible.
I've often wanted to google the location of items within Home Depot for example. That would be way easier than asking someone, who often doesnt know the answer!
Here's another one: http://maps.google.com/?q=Scream%20Sorbet,%20Oakland,%20CA This one's my business. They came to shoot the interior as a perk for participating in a "Google Offer". I think this is how they are rolling it out, at least in the Bay Area. To me, the results came out fine, although I worry that it now makes "casing the joint" a little easier. It took them two visits to get it right. The first time appa…
Here's another one: http://maps.google.com/?q=Scream%20Sorbet,%20Oakland,%20CA This one's my business. They came to shoot the interior as a perk for participating in a "Google Offer". I think this is how they are rolling it out, at least in the Bay Area. To me, the results came out fine, although I worry that it now makes "casing the joint" a little easier. It took them two visits to get it right. The first time appa…
(Bay Area folks, this sorbet is amazing. Wish I hadn't moved out of Temescal...)
Go outside and lots of people walking around with blurred faces.
Here's another one: http://maps.google.com/?q=Scream%20Sorbet,%20Oakland,%20CA This one's my business. They came to shoot the interior as a perk for participating in a "Google Offer". I think this is how they are rolling it out, at least in the Bay Area. To me, the results came out fine, although I worry that it now makes "casing the joint" a little easier. It took them two visits to get it right. The first time appa…
Can you describe what the contraption looks like? Is it pretty much like the Google Car but a tripod on wheels instead?
Edit: and here http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Scream+Sorbet,+Oakland,+CA&...
The most interesting part comes when they start indexing these images so that you can search products (and prices) within stores. The tech is mostly there (see google goggles). Then you can answer the question "Where's the closest store with jumper cables?" Or really, "show me where the jumper cables are." A very big map reduce job, but seems feasible.
I've always wanted a service like this. I needed a USB hub the other day, and I couldn't really wait days for it to show up from an internet store. I could search the website of a big (expensive) chain store, PC World, but we have lots and lots of tiny local computer stores, and supermarkets with small tech sections, whose inventory is an absolute mystery unless I was to go and expend gas driving around them all. I o…
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Can you describe what the contraption looks like? Is it pretty much like the Google Car but a tripod on wheels instead?
Looks like he caught himself on camera here http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Gruhn+Guitars+Inc&hl=en... Edit: and here http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Scream+Sorbet,+Oakland,+CA&...