Just in time for the World Cup, Google have added Google Street View to the maps of South Africa. Now you can mozy around South Africa from the comfort of your own home, any where in the world.
Not only that, they also sent the man on his bicycle into some of the stadiums so you can get a good look…
I don't want a Google Nexus One Phone. Look how big it is. That'll never fit in my pocket ;-) ...
Jokes aside, from the rest of the pictures and the product description, it looks like any other HPC phone that provides way more functionality than I need or want in a phone.
Someone has been playing silly buggers with the Kalahari Desert entry on Wikipedia over the last few days. Whilst the actual document looks fine now, the brief description given in the Google search results doesn't...
Well, at least they're partly right (the no rainfall part), shame they thought it clever to tat around with the entry for S&G.
I've just got back from picking up my car from being serviced and I think I may end up on Google Streetview soon. On my way to the garage, I was passed by a black Vauxhall Astra with a rather large camera-like contraption on its root. I'm pretty sure it's the Google Streetview car, so we'll have to wait and …
Google have just updated the Street View functionality of their Google Maps to include street level views of 25 of Britain's towns and cities, and at the same time threw out the challenge of finding Wally.
Found him...
If you're curious, he's on Putney High Street, not too far from Chakalaka (on Street Map)
It's a terrible thing to kill a wild animal. It's worse to get caught. It's even worse still to be caught by your own camera. This is exactly what has happened with the Google Streetview car.
The chappies were doing their thing down Five Points Rd, Rush, New York (yes, New York has crunchy side - it is a state and…
The other day Google added another cool and useful feature to their Google Maps: they've added a "transit" (trains only at the mo) layer for several cities, including London, Cape Town and Jo'burg - yes, I was surprised about the last two too.
Whilst the Cape Town and Jo'burg maps aren't likely to be of much use to most people, the…
Check it out, if you drop to Streetview anywhere in South Africa on Google Maps, the little Streetview man is playing a vuvuzela...
