Area towns and neighborhoods were photographed for use on the Google search engine “street maps” function.
According to Google, “when we first started Street View as an experimental project, we packed several computers into the back of an SUV, stuck cameras, lasers, and a GPS device on top, and drove around collecting our first imagery. We’ve come a long way since our initial U.S. launch in 2007; today we’ve expanded our 360-degree panoramic views to include locations on all seven continents.”
Google said that to share Street View imagery in Google Maps, the “Street View engineering team is hard at work behind the scenes.”
You can find out more and learn more about how to access and use Street View by visiting the Google Help Center.
7 thoughts on “Google Maps comes through Mason City”
Really, this is NEWS? My neighbor drives a Google Maps car.
I hope that the Google Car has a new muffler on it before it drives through Clear Lake or Peter L will bitch about that too.
Maybe while Google was in town they saw the Draper and Foster signs that were supposedly stolen from LVS’ yard by those nasty Hickey and Tornquist supporters.
@Headjob-There is no supposed about it. The signs were stolen all over the north end.
@Lawrence Vernon Snyder ALL over the north end? Are you really sure about that???
It’s still in town.
Yeah, but you’re not….