Austin added to Google Streetview

CentralAustin · #1 Posted **Mar 27, 2008, 10:49 PM**

Google added Streetview for Austin this afternoon. At first glance, it looks like pretty extensive coverage.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Austin...29471320046365

Saddle Man · #2 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 12:28 AM**

That's some cool shit.

texastarkus · #3 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 12:31 AM**

HOLY COW....I can see my house from here

sammyk · #4 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 1:07 AM**

Wow, this work had to be done after 1/24, at least where my old and new house are in Pflugerville.

Google really needs to update their aerial view though.

texastarkus · #5 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 1:39 AM**

Look at the photos from Congress and from 6th streets. The Christmas lights are still up.

deerhoof · #6 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 1:49 AM**

i'm sure this was done over a period of time spanning weeks or even months.

KevinFromTexas · #7 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 2:17 AM**

I'd say the ones of my neighborhood were probably late fall at best. Our knarly boganvia was still blooming like crazy. Oh, and it was trash day.

paulsjv · #8 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 2:28 AM**

holy crap that's freak'n cool. i wonder how they do that and how long it took them to do it. wow. oh and did you happen to zoom out.. they have a TON of streets done. amazing.

spursfan · #9 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 2:46 AM**

wow they covered a huge area...more than san antonio

Raining Inside · #10 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 2:50 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I'd say the ones of my neighborhood were probably late fall at best. Our knarly boganvia was still blooming like crazy. Oh, and it was trash day.

Bougainvillea?

KevinFromTexas · #11 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 4:25 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raining Inside

Bougainvillea?

There's typically two accepted spellings of it.

Mopacs · #12 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 6:04 AM**

WOW!!!!! My house, my family's house, most of my friends' homes... all up close and personal!

For a scenic angle, check out this view from Comanche Trail high above Lake Travis (about 1/2 mile from The Oasis):

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Austin...,0.215607&z=13

Mopacs · #13 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 6:14 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mopacs

WOW!!!!! My house, my family's house, most of my friends' homes... all up close and personal!

For a scenic angle, check out this view from Comanche Trail high above Lake Travis (about 1/2 mile from The Oasis):

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Austin...,0.215607&z=13

....And some great angles of downtown highrise construction:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Austin...,0.053902&z=15

KevinFromTexas · #14 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 6:22 AM**

^ I can not express how handy that will be in modeling buildings in downtown. Especially their bases. Oh man. Also a good tool for scouting out good places to take pictures from.

TXAlex · #15 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 6:30 AM**

Wow, photos of my current house in Cedar Park were taken within a month or 2 ago.

TXAlex · #16 Posted **Mar 28, 2008, 6:40 AM**

And my Clarksville house was photographed in Oct - Nov 2007, Just got done demo installing the steal.

Dragonfire · #17 Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 2:42 AM**

This is freaky... Apparently the day they did the street view where my mom works, she wasn't there because her car isn't in her parking spot.

This is awesome though, they were really detailed and almost did our house in Round Rock (the two closest major streets they did, but they didn't go in the neighborhood).

TXAlex · #18 Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 6:25 PM**

If you go to W 9th and head W on it but facing backwards there is a car folloing the photography truck.

Goothrey · #19 Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 7:27 AM**

Wow, this is incredible.