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Subscribe to commentsMattDec 11th 2008 5:54PM
i use its mainly just for Bus .. knowing where my stop or where the next stop is nice. i also use it for directions as i would like to know where my destination is while its being described on the phone and i know what im looking for. just my 2cents when gas was almost 5$ in san diego and every drop counted so yup :) not much anymore though since gas is
TVGeniusDec 11th 2008 5:57PM
Noticed they added my city, Yuma, AZ, yesterday.
About half the city is missing. Some neighborhoods are half there. Major streets are missing blocks in places. Yet they drove lots of canal banks and other places closed to motor vehicles: into the fenced off construction area at the college, even between border fences under construction in San Luis, AZ. And all sorts of random gravel roads into the desert for no reason, even right down to the boat ramps at a local lake.
And most of the images are crap. They were shot last December, so almost all have the sun washing out at least 90˚ of the image, except for the ones where they actually managed to witness rain here, and there's drops all over the lens. And some of it was shot at night in total darkness.
I had been looking forward to getting street view here. But it's not even worth looking at.
sex_ghostDec 11th 2008 7:25PM
No point to it? Clearly you do not stalk women often enough.
JosephDec 12th 2008 5:57AM
The need to double the resolution before they double the coverage.
kevjohnDec 12th 2008 10:52AM
That looks like a lot more than double, judging from the before and after maps.
LouisDec 12th 2008 11:40AM
I've used it many-a-time to find out where precisely I am going. It's also the reason I use Google Maps o2.3 on my phone instead of Windows Live Search (except for movie times - which Live Search blows away!).