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Now Google Can Spy on You at an Angle: 45-Degree View Released

by Matthew Zuras on July 9, 2010 at 03:36 PM

45-degree google map
Google has now announced that you can use its services to get a sideways view of the world. A few months back, Google released its 45-degree aerial photographs to developers, and has since incorporated the perspective into its beta testing ground, Google Maps Labs. Now the images are available for all users, but they only cover a handful of areas: some parts of California; South Africa; Venice, Italy; and Dortmund, Germany. Hooray for the Google panopticon!

What does this mean for your weekend? Why, absolutely nothing. In fact, we can't really see what's different from when Google Maps merged its data with Google Earth. We guess the pictures are a little higher-res? Even more reason to cover up your naked child. [From: ReadWriteWeb]

Tags: 45-degreeAngle, google, GoogleLabs, GoogleMaps, GoogleMapsLabs, maps, overhead, privacy, top, web

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