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Old 03-18-2014, 12:28 AM
 
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Google Street View has come a long way!

I often zoom out to the world map and just randomly drop the street view in different parts of the globe. It makes me excited for my next overseas trip. If you haven't used Google Maps Street view in awhile, you should check it. They have so much more global coverage now and once again it's mostly HD as well.

https://www.google.com/maps

Drag the yellow person in the bottom right corner to any highlighted blue area on the World Map.
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Old 03-18-2014, 10:17 AM
 
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I've used it so much as well. It's practically like a video game for me lol. I use it mostly in Latin America and Asia
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Old 03-18-2014, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
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All the time
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Old 03-18-2014, 10:54 AM
 
Location: Beacon Falls, CT
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Absolutely, but I despise the new layout. I reverted back to the classic google maps because I found the new one very user unfriendly.
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Old 03-18-2014, 11:43 AM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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Anyone else ever find themselves using Google Street View in random places around the world?

Google Street View has come a long way!

I often zoom out to the world map and just randomly drop the street view in different parts of the globe. It makes me excited for my next overseas trip. If you haven't used Google Maps Street view in awhile, you should check it. They have so much more global coverage now and once again it's mostly HD as well.

https://www.google.com/maps

Drag the yellow person in the bottom right corner to any highlighted blue area on the World Map.
I've used Google Streetview many times but have yet to find myelf, I even went to the front of my house and tried to peak in but I must have been gone or in a different room that day. I did see my car in the parking lot at work using the satellite image and maybe I was in it at that particular moment.

What would be weird would be if you were to find yourself in a town that you hadn't ever been to.
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Old 03-18-2014, 12:44 PM
 
Location: Canada
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Yes, I really like using google street view. I also really like urban driving videos on youtube. I mostly look at North and south american cities.
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Old 03-18-2014, 01:11 PM
 
Location: Finland
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I use it frequently. Mostly in the US, Canada and Russia.

But I'm interested in many cities, I sometimes for example look where C-D posters live, just to get an idea how it looks around there.
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Old 03-18-2014, 01:15 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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I use it frequently. Mostly in the US, Canada and Russia.

But I'm interested in many cities, I sometimes for example look where C-D posters live, just to get an idea how it looks around there.
Creep.....

Wow i used to think Turku was a suburb of Helsinki
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Old 03-18-2014, 01:34 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!
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Old 03-18-2014, 01:48 PM
 
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i often street-view places were world known tragedies/crime cases took place... don't know why. i'ts kinda fascinating. like street-viewing the same street were josef fritzl lived.
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