Google street view van in vancouver!!!!

npinguy · #1 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 8:35 PM**

Well, not much of a van. It was a sedan. But it had a Google Maps logo on teh side, and a giant 360 camera on the roof!

We were outside of Khai Thai on Seymour & Robson, and the car stopped at a red light crossing Robson. It was there for a good minute, and we danced and waved to it awaiting our eventual internet infamy!

Be on the lookout Vancouverites, this is actually happening!

Yume-sama · #2 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 8:41 PM**

Nice.

It came through Calgary and a couple of other cities, too.

Didn't get the chance to wave at it, though

DKaz · #3 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 8:43 PM**

Is there a schedule? I want to do some stupid stuff for the camera. lol.

A couple of guys from the forum 9thgencorolla.com did this:

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&laye...59.984229&z=16

(This is the main ready pose, move east to see some samurai slaughter action)

officedweller · #4 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 8:46 PM**

I saw it yesterday morning driving down Georgia as I was getting a haircut.

SpongeG · #5 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 8:53 PM**

i saw two of them following each other yesterday in burnaby near brentwood mall

Kwik-E-Mart · #6 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 8:53 PM**

I saw one in Poco as well as it turned right from Oxford to Coquitlam Ave.

djmk · #7 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 8:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by npinguy

W It was there for a good minute, and we danced and waved to it awaiting our eventual internet infamy!

hate to tell ya, but you won't be seen on the internet. due to Canadian privacy laws, all faces will be blurred.

Yume-sama · #8 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 9:01 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by djmk

hate to tell ya, but you won't be seen on the internet. due to Canadian privacy laws, all faces will be blurred.

So you'll just have to wear a gorilla costume so their technology can't identify a face.

zivan56 · #9 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 9:12 PM**

I saw it 2-3 weeks ago and took a picture of it and a pose the next time I saw it. Saw 2 in Downtown yesterday as well.

go_leafs_go02 · #10 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 9:33 PM**

Spotted them in Newton Town Centre in Surrey sometime last week.

npinguy · #11 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 9:34 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by djmk

hate to tell ya, but you won't be seen on the internet. due to Canadian privacy laws, all faces will be blurred.

I know. But I'll know it was me and my friends, and so will everyone we know.

djmk · #12 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 10:25 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by DKaz

Is there a schedule? I want to do some stupid stuff for the camera. lol.

A couple of guys from the forum 9thgencorolla.com did this:

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&laye...59.984229&z=16

(This is the main ready pose, move east to see some samurai slaughter action)

i think google replaced one of the images. look backwards going west

ue · #13 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 10:38 PM**

You mean the van is in Van?

shaners · #14 Posted **Apr 30, 2009, 11:23 PM**

hey, seen it too on the burrard street bridge this afternoon... gee, i wonder if i'll be in the pic?? awesome!

zivan56 · #15 Posted **May 1, 2009, 12:34 AM**

They are Chevy Cobalt LT's with cameras mounted on the roof rack.

metroXpress · #16 Posted **May 1, 2009, 2:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by edmontonenthusiast

You mean the van is in Van?

lol

djh · #17 Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 4:35 PM**

I think Google Street View is live now!

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sourc...,136.75,,1,1.7

DKaz · #18 Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 5:18 PM**

Holy crabapple they covered a lot of streets, compared to some other cities. They even covered a lot of Mission.

DKaz · #19 Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 6:36 PM**

So with the Golden Ears Bridge... when you go north on 201 St in Langley the van actually goes up the onramp... keep clicking north and you follow the viaduct for awhile, then suddenly fall back down onto the surface 201 St. lol.

twoNeurons · #20 Posted **Oct 7, 2009, 6:45 PM**

When did they add Traffic to Vancouver's Google Map?