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GOOGLE street view van on google street view

maps.google.com — Since the post that claimed the van was visible was so popular I thought people might actually want to see the van for real.

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  • BestJaxx, on 05/18/2008, -9/+439I'm glad to finally see it, but honestly, I expected more.
  • tbhurst, on 05/18/2008, -5/+91The one that I saw wasn't even a van, I think it was a Civic. But it was still pretty damn exciting.
    • jeriqo, on 05/18/2008, -2/+19How do you know it was google?
      • Crepsley, on 05/18/2008, -13/+2uhhh, let me see here...
        turn around in place, DUH!
        That's how you know, it's the frequen Van's Point of View
        Plus how many times do you see vans with a big ass camera on top?

        And that is how you know :)
      • jus1haz2, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3Ya I am sure they have multiple vehicles for this. I wish they showed us the line up of cars they had, prolly have like 30 or so.
    • boris4ka, on 05/18/2008, -0/+14I saw a civic one too, and it has google logos on it and a camera on a pole on top. Doesn't look as sophisticated as the van though.
      • JessicaSarahS, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2That sounds like the same one I saw in my town, parked at a local Jack in the Box. It had a ***** of wire bundles all over the roof, google stickers on the sides of the car and a camera on a pole. I was pretty excited to see it.
    • MrSlumberjack, on 05/18/2008, -0/+15http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/eye-on-you/google-stree ...
    • GregFD3S, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3I saw the van in San Diego, except it was a white one.
    • darlyn, on 05/19/2008, -3/+1More on how SV works:
      http://digg.com/hardware/How_Google_Street_View_Wo ...
    • DubiousDrewski, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1They're not Civics, they're Chevy Cobalts. I thought we went over this.
  • picpak, on 05/18/2008, -12/+354Google vans..taking pictures of themselves...*head explodes*
    • buckeye45, on 05/18/2008, -5/+13myspace.com/googlestreetview
      • lucutus, on 05/18/2008, -1/+13Friend ID.
        This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted.
    • ivansusanin, on 05/18/2008, -6/+2they don't give a ***** about anybody else ♪
    • adambadam, on 05/18/2008, -7/+3Ever tried googling "Google" :-O
    • jc7012, on 05/18/2008, -4/+2*asplodes
    • mikedub1219, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1its a super advanced algorithm
  • mohabias, on 05/18/2008, -3/+60this camera is different, you can't pan down to see the top of the van. There must be a few different models.
    • lucutus, on 05/18/2008, -14/+4try using firefox, also try http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1073+howar ...
      • Scaryclouds, on 05/18/2008, -12/+7Your an idiot, the panning problem has nothing to do with browsers. Different areas used different cameras to take pictures for Google street view. It seems earlier areas, notably San Francisco, you are not able to look up or down. Newer areas, for example Kansas City, you can look up and down.
        • BigBrasky, on 05/18/2008, -1/+10You're* ;)

          I'm normally not a stickler on spelling/grammar, but when you call somebody an idiot, it usually helps to use the right words.
        • Scaryclouds, on 05/18/2008, -4/+3Are people digging me down for the "Your an idiot" part (which I realize should be You're), or because they genuinely believe certain browsers don't allow you to pan up?
        • Yuska, on 05/18/2008, -2/+3The fact you're being a douchebag might be it.
        • sovereign3, on 05/18/2008, -2/+3They're digging you down because your an idiot.
        • Locuester, on 05/18/2008, -2/+3Because your an idiot
        • lucutus, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1@Scary clouds. They're digging you down because you're an idiot, you are acting like a know it all douche, and you are wrong. There is a known bug in IE6&7, if a certain combination of security settings are set, that will not allow a link to a street view to display the desired view or a photo at all. Sometimes when forced to open in a new window the link will truncate and you'll only get the address marker but no street view. Also the person asking the question did not seem the type to understand anything overly technical as he complains like you do that you can't "PAN" down. You don't pan down you pan laft to right or vice versa.
        • Dylan47, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1goddamnit everyone gets a "you're*"
    • Kennerk, on 05/18/2008, -1/+3if you move down the street it works.
      • berky93, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1actually if you look, on the whilte street its a different van - its red, but the one in the reflection is grey
    • ruddy, on 05/18/2008, -1/+5i expected to see a transformer :(
    • TomJohn, on 05/18/2008, -10/+4One doesn't "pan down." One pans left or right. One TILTS down. Nimrod.
    • andregriffin, on 05/18/2008, -0/+5if you go SW one click, and look down, its a completely different vehicle.
    • lucutus, on 05/18/2008, -3/+2To those who dugg me down for the fire fox recommendation, there is a known bug in IE6&7 that truncates a google street view link and results in no image being displayed when forced to open in a new window. It has to do with a certain combination of security settings. Using fire fox or opening the link in the same window will usually avoid this issue.
      • mohabias, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2I always use firefox. YEAH RC1
      • justcallmejim, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2It's Firefox, not "fire fox." You might add some credibility to your post if you could at least spell it correctly.
    • WriterSD, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2There are 12 models.
  • chkdg8, on 05/18/2008, -5/+92Quick, screen cap before they blur it.
    • flarn2006, on 05/18/2008, -5/+9why would they?
      • Archer007, on 05/18/2008, -0/+13Damnit, you don't ask questions like that! Its what They do.
    • boydrew, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1cause R.Hubbard told them to
  • NeedzABetterSN, on 05/18/2008, -2/+18That's pretty much what I had expected.
  • jmpeagle, on 05/18/2008, -11/+57why hasn't my city (D.C.) been done yet...it's way more important than a lot of the ones they have done....who cares about Albany?
    • zspitfire04, on 05/18/2008, -2/+24I'm pretty sure the 94,000 people that live there care about it.
      • PhantomPhoenix, on 05/18/2008, -3/+5I'm pretty sure the 250,000,000+ whose federal capital it is care about it.
      • senatorpjt, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4People who live in Albany already know there's nothing worth seeing.
        • lucutus, on 05/18/2008, -1/+1Well there is the egg, and the cops seem to think there's something to see at the bus stations.
      • DearSergio, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1***** Albany.
      • PhantomPhoenix, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1The 94,000 who live there can just go out and look around...
    • HA5TY, on 05/18/2008, -9/+2I NEED ATLANATA!
      • manitoba98xp, on 05/18/2008, -1/+11Learning to spell "Atlanta" would be a good start.
      • TheConman, on 05/18/2008, -0/+9atlanata, eg. the capital of atlantis, psshh idiot
      • jb0nd38372, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4You need a spell checker first, then maybe you'll get what you want.
      • DemDude, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3I NEED MISSISSISSPI!
      • spinxter, on 05/18/2008, -0/+2Or Canadia.
        • lucutus, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1Isn't Canadia on the way to atlanata?
    • Boarhead, on 07/18/2008, -1/+11I'm sure they have been told not to do it
    • bmdmbphd001, on 05/18/2008, -2/+33Terrorism?
    • thzae636, on 05/18/2008, -2/+15Albanians care
    • mikeazorin, on 05/18/2008, -1/+25There's a lot of permits they'd have to go through to get permission to photograph all those federal buildings.
      • geoboy, on 05/19/2008, -2/+2What a free country we live in... where public images of public buildings taken from public streets is impermissible. God Bless the U.S.A.
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/18/2008, -1/+8Why bother, sleazy DC politicians don't show up in pictures.... oh wait, that's vampires that don't show up in mirrors. My bad.
    • KingBabi, on 05/18/2008, -1/+6It would just come out as a big, unfocused mess.
    • bharatk, on 05/18/2008, -0/+5Actually I live in DC as well and have been waiting paitently for it however I recently saw a VW Bug with Orgeon tags with a top mounted orb camera at the intersection of Lewinsville Rd and Dolley Madison Blvd (123) near the Fairfax County Police Station outside Tysons Corner.
      • BeavisMcSleavis, on 05/18/2008, -1/+2Thats Little Langley School in McLean! I miss my home town sometimes.
        Man I bet that intersection is HELL nowadays!
    • Locuester, on 05/18/2008, -2/+4They can finish a smaller city faster, and deliver a result.
    • Paranoidmarvin, on 05/18/2008, -1/+6Heck, if they can do Anchorage and Juneau, I don't get why they can't do DC
    • sethdesantis, on 05/18/2008, -2/+4why you got hate in your blood for Albany?
    • jwoelmer2, on 05/18/2008, -0/+6I think that they're worried about "security issues"
    • jlakin55, on 05/19/2008, -0/+0I also saw a VW bug with a large camera on top and out-of-state tags down on M street near the new stadium.
    • universeman, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Typical D.C. resident: "B-b-but my city is so much more important than yours!" As in, "My city is home to all the parasitic political leeches that get rich on the backs of the working people in cities like yours, therefore it's more important."
      Disgusting.
  • hmunkey, on 05/18/2008, -2/+38This is a big letdown. :(
  • doshindude, on 05/18/2008, -18/+9you divided by zero, didn't you?
    • Iwantawii, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1guys he's right, this may very well stress the space-time continuum
  • magicjames92, on 05/18/2008, -4/+37They have REAL pictures of these vans ya know
  • mark076h, on 05/18/2008, -8/+3i know a great place in Boston that you could do this but i am too lazy to go find it
  • camkerr, on 05/18/2008, -16/+26I'm kinda disappointed its not white
    • jpstanle, on 05/18/2008, -3/+36Racist.
    • pennvneff, on 05/18/2008, -0/+11I thought the van would be white as well. That's just odd, why did I think that?
    • gooberguy, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4there actually is a google van that is white, i remember seeing it a while ago, a reflection as well, on street view. im sure if you google (heh) enough you can find it.
      • lucutus, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1The white one is a much smaller and harder to find picture...s/c
    • br0wnstar, on 05/18/2008, -2/+5That's what she said.
  • zspitfire04, on 05/18/2008, -0/+7Nice find! I'll be sure to be on the lookout now. They make it look kinda creepy...

    Note: They use different cars. If you go to somewhere a few hundred miles away and look down at the hood, some are white, some are black.
    • expert01, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4if you go one step forward from this van...
  • uncommonwords, on 05/18/2008, -9/+2Is the steering wheel on the right?
  • UltramegaOK, on 05/18/2008, -2/+103I'm surprised the universe didn't self-implode.


    I love the pedophile van though. Classy.
    • curtosrules, on 05/18/2008, -3/+6dugg for using implode and pedophile in the same comment
  • Whadabala, on 05/18/2008, -6/+213You know you're a geek when this was more satisfying than seeing that chick almost flashing the camera.

    *sigh*
    • CSharpSauce, on 05/18/2008, -0/+9of course that wasn't very satisfying... if I was there in person, yeah sweet. But this is the internet, i can see the whole thing in about 3 mouse clicks.
  • gwenny, on 05/18/2008, -2/+14Cool, are they finally going to get my neighborhood, darn it. My development is about the only in Fremont NOT filmed. I mowed my yard special for them. :D

    I had trouble viewing, try this http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=4 ...
    • FinestCall, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1I live 2 mins away from there( bay street ) I saw the van once going down fremont blvd but didnt think it was the google van. If I knew it was google I would dont something crazy.
  • ixelr8, on 05/18/2008, -13/+4Hey I live around here; Union City. This takes 15 minutes to get to from my house!
    • pudly, on 05/18/2008, -3/+26OMG you should like totally go there and like check if the van is like still there!
      • montroller, on 05/18/2008, -1/+4Just got back from checking and the van is still there people.
        I repeat the van is still there!
  • purelithium, on 05/18/2008, -1/+16So it IS a '90s Safari...
  • radiantstorm, on 05/18/2008, -1/+3Where's the moire pattern? Snark.
  • fearofsociety, on 05/18/2008, -2/+6Why boring black? So people wont flash them or try to ruin the pictures?
    • JudgeMonkey, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4it still has that identifiable thing on top. Another question would be... why not black?
  • djdigital, on 05/18/2008, -2/+21Move the camera to the left and you can see a Glitch in the Matrix!
    • leland1, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3I've just notified Agent Smith. We've been keeping an eye on you, Mr. Anderson. It seems that you've been living two lives. Tell me, NEO, what good is a phone call, if you've unable to speak? Thank you for your cooperation. : )
  • finnmaccool, on 05/18/2008, -9/+8Anyone else disappointed there wasn't a girl flashing in the shot?
  • theysayjump, on 05/18/2008, -3/+6If you scroll round it looks like the van just came out of a sonic boom.
  • Fjosnisse, on 05/18/2008, -17/+6wow a picture of a van owned by google.



    lame.
  • martynda, on 05/18/2008, -1/+73Go to the next frame "forward" with the van, and pan all the way down. The color and type of the vehicle changes, it becomes an orange car. Google are dark magicians!
    • Dotcommer, on 05/18/2008, -0/+19Holy ***** hes right! Wtf?
    • expert01, on 05/18/2008, -2/+2Go forward one and look at the sun.
    • MattFid, on 05/18/2008, -0/+16And if you turn back around, the trees have leaves. Back up and the leaves are gone. Evil I say, eeevvviilll.
      • ep53, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1Holy Moley! Jokes aside they probably piece the pics together like a puzzel.
    • fxu1989, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTCHHHH!!!!!
    • Xander512, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3and the building across the street is completely destroyed

      haha actually if you go forward again its back to normal... i guess they only did one frame with the orange one
    • Shawn4168, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3WTF HAX
  • robert001, on 05/18/2008, -2/+5There are better sights out there.
  • rexamafex, on 05/18/2008, -5/+56Those arent boobs....
  • Twenty5, on 05/18/2008, -4/+4wow.......

    ...........ehhh...... great!! (?)
  • ThreeDee912, on 05/18/2008, -3/+9At first I thought this was a dupe of the one with the girl (almost) flashing her boobs...
  • FunkyNuts, on 05/18/2008, -0/+24So Google drives a molester van? Next they'll add an ice cream truck speaker and pump out music box tunes.
  • tehknotte, on 05/18/2008, -0/+8There's no words on it!
  • techresearcher, on 05/18/2008, -0/+8Paradox
  • DiceRoyale, on 05/18/2008, -0/+5"Google street view van? In my google street view?"

    It's more likely than you think.
  • ChairDance, on 05/18/2008, -1/+6Now I don't have to keep mooning random vans in hopes that my ass will someday appear on Google Maps. Thanks Digg!
  • wontstoptalking, on 05/18/2008, -2/+25Who divided by zero?
  • Anteros, on 05/18/2008, -1/+45Better pictures (found using google)
    http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~tebo/GoogleStreetVi ...
    • elhaf, on 05/18/2008, -0/+2They are slightly off on the location. It is here:
      http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=25800+carl ...
      Sadly, either the van was not taking pictures at that time or they have been retaken, because you can clearly see that this is not the same day. Look at the metal pole just left of center. That is the metal pole in your picture. Go down the street a bit and you will see the blue and yellow flags. Go further and you will see the power tower. The perspective of the two pictures is entirely different. For one thing, the google van was taking the picture from the other side of the street.
  • cubicrystal, on 05/18/2008, -1/+4That's not a van, that's a nav.
  • bbardlbradd, on 05/18/2008, -3/+14Where are the boobs!?

    :^(
  • hellosaysme, on 05/18/2008, -0/+9This is sort of like when you see the aliens in Signs... it just isn't the same anymore...
  • fwoofles, on 05/18/2008, -2/+6Head down the street a bit to 40861 Grimmer street. Check out the name of the store.
    As a Canadian this makes me chuckle.
    • Cerpin_Taxt, on 05/18/2008, -0/+2Oh, Lawdy
    • Hoxie, on 05/18/2008, -0/+2Which one?

      There's GUNS, and then there's Hairy Feet on the right.
      • picpak, on 05/18/2008, -0/+2If you turn to the right of that, the sky is pink.
      • linuxpenguin, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Actually it says "Happy Feet"
  • AFGUnit106, on 05/18/2008, -10/+3a bette view of google van

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=40970+grim ...
  • bicyclethief, on 05/18/2008, -5/+16I have a strange urge to take off my top...
  • elictricocean, on 05/18/2008, -6/+1all the cool things happen in california
  • AFGUnit106, on 05/18/2008, -9/+3google took my virginity
  • SQLserver, on 05/18/2008, -1/+4Professional Dog Grooming!
  • SniperZ, on 05/18/2008, -11/+3510-656-0223
    • StabbyClaus, on 05/18/2008, -1/+2why did you post a number to a medical center?
    • Whadabala, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4Actually, if you pan to the right on the street view, its a # on the glass to a pet groomer.
  • curtosrules, on 05/18/2008, -2/+10I could go for some google brand boobs!!
  • teesix, on 05/18/2008, -1/+5I took a couple pictures of a Google car roaming my neighborhood taking street view shots.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/26687007@N04/25019524 ...
    • sephiroth965, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3Looks like the camera isn't mounted yet though.
    • fflis, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2Your Neighbor stuck a google sticker on their car.
  • xqb4dpx, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3does anyone remember seeing a picture on the internet with the google street view vans being like white and google branded?
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