This is really neat! The very first place it took me was overlooking a sweet crater in Yosemite. Then there were a couple boring ones then a super awesome church in the Czech republic. ... And now I'll forget about this forever.
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#72I might have found the most English looking location (also very beautiful) http://randomstreetview.com/#vmyhk_-2h1og_4l_a_-g
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#73I used to love to just take a 'walk' using street view from time to time. This is great. It really gives you a sense of how enormous the data set is.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a canvas element that they render to now. It's very similar to the previous Flash implementation, in that it's an area of the screen they can draw on. It just happens to be in Javascript instead of Actionscript now.
But if i go to maps.google.com and zoom in, it apparently is using flash and doesn't work. The linked site does work. I'm guessing there's some API you can use for google maps, and it uses the non-flash version. But is there a way to use the non flash version on maps.google.com?
I think that the map without flash is still gradually rolling out, but you can apply to have it.
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#75Really enjoying this! Thanks for building!
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#76I 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."
When I first saw the article for the google patent on free ad-powered taxis[1], I immediately thought that it was another way to get get more cars for street view.
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#77This would make an awesome wallpaper/screen saver.
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#78Some 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
Get your nails done http://randomstreetview.com/us#oy6fz_-1g72mp_363_a_-a
I don't quite know why, but I want that carpet.
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#79I might have found the most English looking location (also very beautiful) http://randomstreetview.com/#vmyhk_-2h1og_4l_a_-g
Who'd have thought the most English looking location would be in Wales ;)
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#80http://geoguessr.com/
Random street view is like geo-guesser, just less fun.