Virtual Tours with Google Street View

[Andrew Joiner]

Today this aerial view of Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife came up on my news feed. Within 1 minute I was able to find Google street view and tour that crowded city. Amazing

[Sam Force]

A few years ago the niece of my boss was living in Europe, she took a picture looking out of her balcony overlooking a small park. With only knowing the city I could find the park based on the geometry of it. Within minutes I had a "street view" of what I thought was her home. Via text messages she did concur that it was actually her exact home I had found.

[Bruce Page]

Is Google Street View different from Google Earth? I travel all over the planet with Google earth. It is captivating.

[Ronald Blue]

I've used Google street view numerous times to get a confirmation on an address or to see what a location looked like. Of course they don't have every road and street mapped but most of them are. It can be useful for certain.

[Michael Weber]

Is Google Street View different from Google Earth? I travel all over the planet with Google earth. It is captivating.

it’s part of google earth. There is an on screen icon of a person you click to go to street view. When you do all the available streets will be highlighted. Just click the location you desire and you will be able to look around and zoom in and navigate around. Navigation isn't really great. At least that’s how it works On an iPad. It’s interesting. I just revisited a charming sea side village in England called Sennen(?) Cove we were fortunate to luck into on a drive a few years ago.

[Bruce Page]

it’s part of google earth. There is an on screen icon of a person you click to go to street view. When you do all the available streets will be highlighted. Just click the location you desire and you will be able to look around and zoom in and navigate around. Navigation isn't really great. At least that’s how it works On an iPad. It’s interesting. I just revisited a charming sea side village in England called Sennen(?) Cove we were fortunate to luck into on a drive a few years ago.

Thanks, I've been using it that way for years. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something new.

[Maurice Mcmurry]

The feature of walking around inside some buildings has either gone away or I am not up to speed on the latest version. Google Earth is an excellent way to be an armchair adventurer.

[Earl McLain]

I've used Street View for the same reason as some others--to get a visual of a new place i'm going to. I've been using Google Earth since i found it several years ago--often just to noodle around. At one time, my vehicle was in 4 different places on GE...in my driveway, at my office, fire station parking lot (i was a vollie), and at Lucas Oil Raceway (Indianapolis, i was working safety for a top fuel dragster test session). All 4 were within a week--was just a bit weird to see my Jeep in that many places at seemingly the same time!!

Interesting spot to look at on Google Earth--a mile-long stand of pine trees spelling out "STUDEBAKER" near South Bend, IN. Purportedly the world's largest outdoor advertisement as some time in history, very few people in our area even know it's there. A search for "Bendix Woods Park" or "Navistar Proving Grounds" should get you pretty close. (several years ago, a movie producer was looking for a race track that would resemble Indianapolis Motor Speedway's early days--i pulled up a shot on the Navistar test track--which began life as a Studebaker test track--and she thought it was perfect. I have no idea what happened after that--but it was one of many great memories of working racing events!!)

[Bruce Page]

STUDEBAKER Trees. Overgrown but still awesome.

41°40'09.22" N 86°29'27.02" W

[Maurice Mcmurry]

After spending way too much time on Google Earth it is clear to me that the age of humans (AKA Anthropocene) is reality.