I figured I would join the party in blogging about the launch of Google Street View in Canada. Privacy concerns aside, I think it is a very cool service and will come in handy for all sorts of things. Other then personal uses, we will be integrating it into our real estate sites so that users can check out a house as if they are standing in front of it.
One downside of the service is that you have no control of when or what was taken in the photos. As you can see from this shot of our office there is a huge van in the way =(
I’m so happy it finally came to Canada, can’t wait for more streets to show up. Bunch of us at work used most of the day browsing around.
Tell me about it! Yet another way to waste time at work =p