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How Google Street View Works

By John Farrier in Arts & Crafts, Blog & Internet, Video Clips on Sep 9, 2009 at 1:27 pm



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Google’s Japan division released this stop motion film explaining (in a rather fanciful way) how Street View works. It features a cute little robot puttering around town, taking film photographs and painting over license plate numbers with a marker. The video is part of an effort to make the practice less appear less invasive of individuals’ privacy.

Via Boing Boing


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  1. theturbolemming
    Sep 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Neat. Anyone know what the little note said?

  2. Lauren
    Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    I like the adorable angry e-mail. "Get my address off that mailbox!" So sweet.

  3. Michigan Fur Coats
    Sep 11th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    This is really unique. Someone put a lot of work into this.

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