*All those blue-highlighted streets have been raped already.
Google maps is probably the best mapping system available online right now. You can seamlessly chart your journey with multiple destinations and pretty accurate distance calculation.
It was a revelation when Google became available with the satellite view feature, which, as helpful as it was, caused controversy.
Last year, Google implemented an even more invasive function called
"Street View" . It was pretty sweet. It let you place a figure of a man down to highlighted roads on the map, and it showed you a
360 deg. panorama shot of the very spot. The logic, is of course, you'd quite literally know where you'd be going, and recognize landmarks of places you've never been before. And I thought it was a good idea.
...until today. About a year after it was first added, an enormous amount of streets have been added to the Street View. Especially, the residential streets including most of my friends'. It is helpful in finding your way around, no doubt about that. But I bet the people whose homes now grace the internet feel a bit violated. Thankfully, my street isn't "on the map" for the moment, but it might not be for long.
So, if you see one of these
"Google Cars",
shout obscenities and
throw a rock at them, otherwise, they'll swiftly begin an
invasion of your neighborhood.
And...
Be afraid. Very afraid.
*Oh, if you think you're safe because you live in Europe, Australia or in Japan, then think again! Google has already set up a beach head in those places.
(be warned, the level of alarmism in this thread is for humorous effect only)
Google Streetview successfully invades France and Japan!!!
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