How does google street work?

[alexandergre]

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/
I was wondering How does google maps (street) work and how do they take the photos?
perhaps with a car? :O but whatever it is, it must be very difficult!

thx

 

[Gareth]

Whoever took these pics drove right by my house, as I can see my house on it x_x

 

[cohen]

Google are going around taking the pictures and creating it.

 

[brian]

yeah its really cool. they have a small branded white car with a 3 foot boom on the top with 2 180 cams on them... i saw one 2 months ago

 

[Ambushed]

What's going to be next?

Googles pushing it!

 

[cohen]

yeah its really cool. they have a small branded white car with a 3 foot boom on the top with 2 180 cams on them... i saw one 2 months ago

Yeah, i have seen them in Aus as well.

 

[Geoff]

They don't get everything right

 

[brian]

hahah let me find somethign better http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2007/06/google-street-view-image-glitches.html

 

[alexandergre]

2 180 cams? are you serious? how big were they? and what sort of camera? WOW, how did they positioned the cameras? like a ball? http://www.noveltylitefactory.com/picture/discolight/4155.jpg

OMGLOLZ OMEGA
what happened when you clicked on NW? LOL

 

[brian]

not that big. like the size of a standerd cam

 

[epidemik]

Hmm, if i ever see one, im gonna moon it or something.

 

[cohen]

Hmm, if i ever see one, im gonna moon it or something.

now that would be funny!