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dixietiff · townie Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 231 Location: Lex!

Hey, Google has a sweet new application that I've been playing around on and I found a biker near Woodland with spoke cards.

Just do a Google Street View on 586 E High Street.

Who dat be?
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brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

I have no idea... I can't tell if it's a girl or guy, actually.

We should have a contest to try to find the weirdest Lexington street view scenes!

Here's a link to some bizarre and interesting Google Street View captures submitted from around the world:
http://streetviewgallery.corank.com

Here's a good one:
http://streetviewgallery.corank.com/tech/framed/google-Street-View-Captures-a-Car-Burn
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elzie5000 · cutter Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1177

Didn't I do this thread already?

http://www.catamountgeographics.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=437

roller · d'oh! Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 294 Location: duncan park

DHB · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject:

Holy shit that's me. I rode right past that damn thing and didn't even notice it. What are the odds.

elzie5000 · cutter Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1177

Its easy to miss. They just strap the big black box to whatever vehicle the contractor has.

roller · d'oh! Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 294 Location: duncan park

elzie5000, sarcasm? That's hard not to miss, but then again it could be any student on campus moving some class project.

I think the camera assembly is much smaller though - softball sized. I do see the GPS receiver on the back. Apparently they use a volkswagon beetle as the capture vehicle because of its small footprint.

Here's a description of the camera, "One of the many secrets behind Immersive Media technology is a patented 11 lens camera system that simultaneously takes photos in 11 directions based on a dodecahedron geometry. They can capture 30 frames a second of high resolution photography. That's right - we're talking high resolution video in digital 360. You can stop, start, back up, single-frame, etc. And they even showed technology where you can add 3D objects into the video scene (augmented reality). This technology has been used for things like planning state visits of dignitaries for security planning."

roller · d'oh! Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 294 Location: duncan park

how to make your flickr site the shit dizzle:

elzie5000 · cutter Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1177

John Reaves · training wheels Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 15

The one I've seen is a tad more conspicuous:

elzie5000 · cutter Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1177

Look what is roving the streets of Lex right now:

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

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sailorjames · cutter Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Posts: 329

this game could be fun!

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

if you do a search for Coolavin, you see a Parks & Rec grounds crew getting ready to do some mowing, and there's a dude in the truck staring down the Google camera vehicle:
http://maps.google.com/?q=550+W.+6th+Street,+Lexington,+KY,+,+us&ie=UTF8&ll=38.060284,-84.492953&spn=0.00163,0.003422&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=38.059983,-84.492952&panoid=DHN4eFPabYWrW05zggkuSw
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Tall George · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

Do a street view search of 714 Allendale Drive lexington KY. Its Bryant going to work at Schellers on Harrodsburg!
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