I've just read about Google Street Maps (which again is not available for Canada) which allows you to see the actual buildings and even people on the streets at that level of detail. It didn't work for trying to find out where I live (as there was no Street Maps tab), but it did work for where I lived last year at this time when I was at PARC in Palo Alto. You go to Google Maps, find the address you're looking for, then start clicking on the blue outlined street and then you can see at street level the houses, buildings, streets, cars and even actually people! It's as if you were there. I was able to see the apartment where I rented last year and it was exactly how I remembered it.
Many people are touting this a really cool feature of Google Maps and online mapping in general. However, several are specifying how it can be scary if there is something there that you feel is inappropriate and don't want others to know that you went to a place where you shouldn't have gone. This is where apparently you can flag it as inappropriate by filling out a form.
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Agree Alvin, very interesting but scary but very fun also. I went for a drive in Central Park last weekend, check out my posting.
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