[maddy42]

Google supposedly used their taxi drivers in bangalore to map the city. And for people who think their vehicle will get lost in the traffic, well guess google would think about it too

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by vivekiny2k

my house on google street view

Beautiful house

I can see you peeping out of the window

[vivekiny2k]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

Beautiful house

I can see you peeping out of the window

I think it was shot before we bought it, because it looks much cleaner

I am not a big fan of "obsessive" lawn maintenance, just do it enough to avoid fines and glares from neighbors. Not because I am lazy or mean, but because I like to avoid chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Trust me, here everything looks so neat because even plants and trees are on steroids.

[prabhuferrari]

Its getting launched in Bangalore today. Thats the buzz in twitter now

[mjothi]

Originally Posted by prabhuferrari

Its getting launched in Bangalore today. Thats the buzz in twitter now

The vehicle is "almost" ready. The sticker work is going on right now when I am typing here

They have got now 2 Captiva, with those cam on top. Man it looks like a telescope which we use to see in the Planetarium !!!

[prabhuferrari]

Oh wow Is there any chance we can make the car visit our street :P

[Punzabi]

And once whole India is mapped and up & running, be ready to look at all sorts of funny photos. Can't stop imagining people getting caught spitting pan/gutkha on walls + those who'd pee anywhere, someone stealing petrol from a vehicle, neighbours fighting and throwing chappals at each other, someone putting cycle chain back-on on road side and not to forget local four legged critters. can't wait to explore the plethora of laughter to go online

[mjothi]

news article covering this.

Business Line : Industry & Economy / Info-tech : Google drives into Indian streets

[Spitfire]

That's a pretty looking Captiva. If I see this one, all of you are going to see some crazy guy making faces at the world for sure. LOL!!!

[mjothi]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

That's a pretty looking Captiva. If I see this one, all of you are going to see some crazy guy making faces at the world for sure. LOL!!!

+1.


And seems Kropex got a good amount of order for captiva. There are 4 more captiva standing for sticker work. And the ones I saw was automatic

Lucky driver

[rahulrajeev]

I saw it today at Martahalli, Bangalore. It was in front of ISRO, Martahalli. It was a Captiva
having a ball like camera on top. I was wondering whether it will pose threat to organisations like ISRO. May be Google have taken permission from government.

[srishiva]

They have taken permission from the Police. Dont know if they have even approached the govt for photographing sensitive places.

[nimbleguru]

Originally Posted by sidkun

I believe VidTeq - Navigation made easy | Video Maps for Bangalore | Location Based Services already has street view driving directions for Bangalore since quite a long time.

As sidkun already stated, such a thing long exists (atleast for Bangalore) now.

Why the big fuss about google street ?

I have been using VidTeq for quite a while now.
Apart from some quircky graphics it's actually very good.
Bangalore guys, do check it out please.

[abhisheksircar]

Originally Posted by mjothi

The vehicle is "almost" ready. The sticker work is going on right now when I am typing here

They have got now 2 Captiva, with those cam on top. Man it looks like a telescope which we use to see in the Planetarium !!!

One of them sniffing my locality

[filmaka]

Yes I saw one Grey Scorpio with similar mounted cameras in Amritsar on Wednesday 1 June 2011, I think They are mapping the A streets only as it turned back from the Round about on Lawrence road.