The post on my blog that attracts the most traffic (for reasons I don’t understand) is a post I wrote last December announcing that Google Street View had put my house on the web. I thought this story would make a good follow-up, since it looks like Google is intent on putting every square inch of the world on its website. Now, to get to those places for which its van is just too big, Google has outfitted a tricycle with its Street View image capture technology. That’s right, a trike! (Here’s the official announcement on the Google blog.)
When my house first hit Street View I wrote that I thought the service was overkill and a bit creepy, and I still feel that way. Now it seems as if there will soon be nowhere we can hide from the watchful eye of the world’s most popular search engine.
I watch the guy riding the trike and conclude he must have one of the most awkward jobs in America. If you’re the Street View van driver I bet you get some weird looks, and maybe you occasionally have to explain yourself to someone if you’re at a stop light or something. But the cyclist is right there for you to interact with as he pedals by your corn field. Imagine all the strange conversations this guy is going to have with the people he passes. (In fact, for fun why don’t you write an example conversation in the comments!)
What do you think of the new Street View trike? What do you think of Google Street View in general?
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