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MapCrunch: It’s Chatroulette Meets Google Street View (mapcrunch.com)
13 points by charlief on Oct 26, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


If you explained this concept to me, I would probably have been "meh". But I atually found it incredibly enjoyable! It's like the new tech version of the old spin the globe and stop it by pressing your finger on it to see where your finger lands. Fantastic! I would love if this were somehow self-playing, rotating the view automatically and loading a new view every minute. edit: derp, there is! Love it! I'm going to make this my new screensaver.


My initial reaction was indifference - but it's amazing how many remote places Google has street view for. After 4-5 turns I saw remote country roads in Europe, Georgia, a path in Antarctica, etc.

It's a fun little mash-up.


Wow, google streetview has reached Antartica.

Truly amazing site, lots of beautiful countryside from learning Taiwain isn't one giant city to seeing houses built on steep slopes in rural Italy.


I thought Google blurred out all genitals in Street View?




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