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If you clicked the white "backwards" arrow to zoom out and see the storefront (along with neighboring stores), click the "forwards" arrow to get back into the store.
I zoomed out to the normal satellite view. I could then only get street view on the roads and not the shop.
The only thing I can parallel this too is Googling your date before the first date. Going in knowing too much can often ruin the fun or the mystery of discovery.
Sure it might save you from "bad experiences", but we need bad experiences in life to really value the good ones!
Allow businesses to integrate their inventory systems with Google so that I can search for a copy of Strictly Turntablized and see that a used CD shop down the street has a copy.
Have the results include how many copies they have on hand, the price of the item, information about how to reserve the item and where I might find it in the store (floor, isle, shelf) if I choose to just run over there.
If you look straight down in the linked shot you can see that they are using a camera on a tripod in lieu of the previous backpack or cart mounted multi-camera rigs
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.
Now I have everything I need to plan a robbery. I can see the setup of the store and the best getaway route, all without having to step foot in the store before the robbery!
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.
If I were a business I would OPT OUT of this immediatley. The only thing I can parallel this too is Googling your date before the first date. Going in knowing too much can often ruin the fun or the mystery of discovery. Sure it might save you from "bad experiences", but we need bad experiences in life to really value the good ones!
This set me to imagining: every item in the store is dropped into a box before being put on the shelf. The box contains cameras on every interior face to snap a set of 360° views of the item. The UPC code is scanned and entered into inventory. The item goes on the shelf. If sold, the sale removes that item from inventory. Each night after store closing, a Store View bot roams the aisles taking pictures and updating f…