Weirdest Camera Setup

[RHoldenSr]

Ever wonder how Google makes those great street map photos
They drive these vehicles around and snap pics every few seconds!

[revjvegas]

Nice.

[prncfarquad]

I want one

[camera shy]

What department at Best Buy do get one of those ? Do they install ?

[Tsladaritz]

Ha, best buy purchase?

My dh told me that is how they get them, but I have never seen the actual set-up. It is interesting, but kind of spooky to think of anyone being able to view our neighborhoods from anywhere in the world. We are not anonymous anymore. ;-O

[hue-e]

There was a google car cruising a neighborhood here in austin a couple days ago.

[Houston-X]

Greatest job in the world!!!

[hue-e]

yeah, but apparently google is also one of the hardest companies to get a job with.

[Abel]

Originally Posted by hue-e

There was a google car cruising a neighborhood here in austin a couple days ago.

i saw a convoy of about 12 of them driving from san antonio to houston a couple of weeks ago. i remember when they made their first run thru town they were plain ole black cars.. now theyre all fancied up with vinyl wraps...

[hue-e]

yeah, that's what I saw.. vinyl wraps.

austin's billboards have also been inundated with google.com/places boards all over DT.

they are kinda going crazy here lately.

[JWCustomPhotography]

Originally Posted by Abel

i saw a convoy of about 12 of them driving from san antonio to houston a couple of weeks ago. i remember when they made their first run thru town they were plain ole black cars.. now theyre all fancied up with vinyl wraps...

Yeah I remember when they started it was hush hush and i saw at least one website with contests where you had to catch a google street car.

I saw a branded one yesterday as a matter of
Fact.

[RHoldenSr]

Yeah they sell them and install them out the back door!

Originally Posted by camera shy

What department at Best Buy do get one of those ? Do they install ?

[RHoldenSr]

I think the biggest point right now is WHO IS PAYING FOR THE GAS!

[RHoldenSr]

You think maybe they ran out of Compact Flash cards ROTFLOL

[Charles Putnam]

My first thought was....Ghostbusters!