Friday when I stopped to get gas in Acworth, I saw one of the Google Maps camera cars. Google has been sending cars driving around certain metro areas to give a photographic view to Google Maps users.
It’s a pretty cool feature, and I’ve often wondered about how these cars are setup. This one was a Chevy Cobalt (with California tags). There was a laptop mounted in the front seat (like a police car might have), and the wires went through the back door window on the driver’s side up to the camera equipment on the car roof.
While my gas was pumping (and while the Google guy was still inside), I grabbed my camera and got a few pictures. You can click on any of these for a bigger version.
First, a look at the equipment mounted on the roof.
And then a few shots of the car.
I suppose that maybe this means that street view photos of Acworth are coming soon (though I’m not sure the world is ready for pictures of everything in Acworth).
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Thats so cool. If it were me though I’d have asked for an autograph.
My brother is so addicted to Google Earth.. He would have hugged that car!
Yes!! Street View is a good idea!!! I’d recommend you to look through another resource. My favourite is Street View service on http://streetview.fizber.com/.
Update: a good bit of Acworth is on Street View (as are some other NW areas of Atlanta). It looks like they’re still filling it in…major roads are done, but not all of the neighborhoods yet.
My family (minus me) were street view photographed while walking down my road. My wife said that she saw this strange thing on top of the car and they all watched it go by. A few weeks later they showed up on Google Street view.