[Cialug] google street view is here

jrnosee at gmail.com jrnosee at gmail.com
Thu Aug 14 09:15:08 CDT 2008


That's like saying Microsoft would be above putting their name on someone
else's good idea.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:

> Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I noticed street view earlier today.  I also noticed a gap along Westown
>>> Parkway:
>>>
>>> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=4500+Westown+Pkwy,+West+des+Moines,+IA+50266&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=54.884801,114.257812&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr&layer=c
>>>
>>
>> I noticed quite a few gaps as well, esp on the NE side of Des Moines
>> near the mixmaster.
>>
>>
> it's interesting what is and what isn't mapped on the near north  and
> northeast sides (between university and the river and the mixmaster), it
> almost looks like someone used some path finding algorithm to figure out how
> to do the most mapping with the least driving.  google wouldn't be smart
> enough to do that :)
>
> -barry
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