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=-25.757794,28.320659&panoid=EkqBQTf1wp_UbryB4chO-w&cbp=12,347.46,,0,7.7 Or maybe the Freemasons let them in for the New World order cause (see the poster on the link above) ;-) 2010/6/8 Nic Roets <nro...@gmail.com>: > 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 the vector overlay belongs to Google > ? Is it then the beginning of a complete routable (digital) map of > South Africa by Google ? > > Regards, > Nic > > 2010/6/8 David Richfield <davidrichfi...@gmail.com>: >> 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 <nro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 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 indicating coverage. >>> >>> It's interesting that they have not entered any closed suburbs. Even >>> where the security is extremely loose. >>> >>> *: and WLAN receivers, so when you search for shops and you allowed >>> the Google toolbar to send them your location, they will (at some >>> point) know which ones are closest to you. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-ZA mailing list >>> Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> David Richfield >> e^(πi)+1=0 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ZA mailing list >> Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za > -- David Richfield e^(πi)+1=0 _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
