Yet Another Post On The Wonders Of Google Maps
Google maps is so friggin cool! I found my house here in Tallahassee and, by exploring the area with Google's easy 'draggable' navigation system, found some freaky places nearby that I didn't even know about. It's amazing how a satellite map can bring back so many memories, too. I found my alma mater (SIU Carbondale -- you can even see the words 'Salukis' on the football field). I found where I interned in LA in 1998 (CBS Television City) and the apartment complex where I lived (I could even see the specific pool / hot tub where we hung out almost every night.)
As cool as it is, I'll think twice about sunbathing in the nude in my backyard from now on. Not that I do that sort of thing. Heh. At least our neighborhood is mostly covered by trees. Seriously, though, I wonder how far these photos will go? Will we eventually be able to read the headline on a sunday paper lying in someone's driveway? If they zoom in any further, privacy will become a very real and frightening issue. Of course, who says they're not recording everything from the heavens as we speak and just not making it available to the public? They're out of control. It's a conspiracy, man!
Oh, well. Technology in the wrong hands can, as always, be dangerous. In any case, I'm going to go catch some rays in my backyard. Please don't look me up on Google maps in the next thirty minutes.
UPDATE: Just when you thought Google Maps was the coolest thing ever, they come up with Google Earth (Windows only). What will they come up with next? Google Universe? Ha! You could totally not see that joke coming.