Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] OT: Streetview

2010-06-08 Thread David Richfield
I guess you're right. Maybe the driver that day had the same "let's see how far we can push it" attitude that I do. Could be they were already at the gate and got told to make a quick u-turn inside. http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-25.757875,28.320659&spn=0,0.002411&z=19&layer=c&cbll=-25.7577

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] OT: Streetview

2010-06-08 Thread Nic Roets
This one is quite interesting: http://maps.google.com/?ll=-25.75770,28.32044&z=19 They went only 50m into this closed off suburb and then stopped. Not sure how because those guards are quite strict. Note that if you go into full screen, then there is no TeleAtlas copyright notice. Does that mean t

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] OT: Streetview

2010-06-08 Thread David Richfield
Very impressive!!! They went into my boomed-off neighbourhood. I can see my clothes-drying rack in front of my house! On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Nic Roets wrote: > They launched it here today. > > For those who don't know what it is: A car with cameras* drives around > and takes pictures

[OSM-Talk-ZA] OT: Streetview

2010-06-08 Thread Nic Roets
They launched it here today. For those who don't know what it is: A car with cameras* drives around and takes pictures (360 degree panoramas). So there is an orange "man" that you can drag and drop on nearly every street to see how it looks. Before you drop him, a blue outline will appear indicati