Got my photo taken!



For those that dont know, the google maps car is a Subaru wagon.

 

What a job! "Your job today is to drive this car all over tarnation but you can't go down the same street twice."

 

The Google maps car that got me earlier this year was a Prius.

 

Those must be only in California. I have never seen anything like that around here.

 

Yeah i have never seen one of those either

 

Oh, theyre around!

Go go Google Maps and try Street View. If you can do it, Google has been there.

 

Well i found my house on street view, but the driveway is empty and the picture is at least 3 years old

 

They use all kinds of cars and trucks; I've even seen F150s being used. I've never managed to get my pic taken though for some reason

 

No they dont. They have a whole page about it on their site. They used to use Prius' now they use these Subarus. That's it. Any other vehicle is an imposter, which believe it or not happens.

 

Ok, now that's making me paranoid about wth it was on that thing that was clearly taking pics...

 

I saw one of those just the oth day. I am trying to remember where?

 

Nope, saw one here in Cincinnati a few months ago. Drove past it actually. Never bothered to look though

 

They are world wide. They travel everywhere. Their goal is to photograph the whole world.

They also have bicycles (converted to tricycles) with cameras for some areas, and even some snow mobiles for arctic climates where snow mobiles rule the road.

 

can you share the link to their information website please?

 

Here is Google's official page on the topic:
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/str...rs-trikes.html

I'm sure wikipedia has info too.