Several months back, Google started doing street-level views in the downtown of some major metropolitan areas. Basically, they had vans with a 360 camera of sorts mounted on top, probably linked to a GPS unit to link location to photos. Well it looks like recently, Google added Raleigh to its set of street-level views, which is weird because it doesn’t look like Charlotte has it yet. I would have expected Charlotte to get the views before little ‘ol Raleigh.
The whole Street Views thing is great. It’s more than just a 360 degree photo overlay on Google Maps. Instead, you can follow down streets, looking left and right. Play around with it. Pretty cool!
Also, looks like the aerial photography was updated for the region as well. Our house now shows up on Google Maps. It’s a fairly recent pic, and it’s sad how brown the whole neighborhood looks. Damn you drought!
Ulanguzi in Downtown Raleigh on Google Street Views