Say hi to the Googlers with the gardening tools
So, I was just playing around with Google’s new street side photos. Hmmm, sounds like something that Microsoft did more than a year ago back when I worked there. But, go to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View and you’ll see a bunch of people standing outside. I wonder who they are? Why are they holding shovels and rakes and other gardening tools? Why are they all wearing green shirts? What do those shirts say? What team do they belong to? So many questions.
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May 29th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Robert, I posted a comment. It didn’t show up. Still having comment trouble?
May 29th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Interesting. My 2nd comment did show up. Any way here is the original.
Looks like their shirts have yellow vans on them. Used the zoom button ;-). My guess this is the team that took the photos by driving around in yellow vans. Anyone see and slow moving yellow vans driving around? Wave if you do, you can become internet famous!
May 29th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Greg: Weird. My spam filter must have deleted it.
May 29th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
I saw tons of neat stuff on the new google van cam gps thing.
I wanted to say Roberts blog has gotten us business just from posting here, so I decided to pay tribute and buy this 24 inch late model mac for the office. The newest contract programmer, is going to be getting a big surprise in their office tomorrow. :)
http://www.beercosoftware.com/igavestevejobsmoney/24inch.jpg
http://www.beercosoftware.com/igavestevejobsmoney/box.jpg
http://www.beercosoftware.com/igavestevejobsmoney/bcsmac.jpg
Cause I know Scoble is a mac nut. This puter cost 8 times or more than the same machine running Linux, but what the hay, it’ll be deducted off gross! As for the G00glers, that’s crazy. I’d love to work there, but know I never will.
May 29th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
I noticed on Microsoft’s version you could see the white van reflected in store front windows. I briefly tried this in downtown San Fran, but was not able to get a clear reflection. I did see what looked like a yellow vehicle reflected in an ATI van parked on one of the streets.
May 29th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
ATI should have been ATD. Guess I have video cards on the mind.
May 29th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Maybe they were having a Memorial Day party? Hmm, don’t see them burning any flags… so maybe not.
May 29th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Found the van. Go to the link below. Look in the window of the white building, and zoom in. It appears to be a blue Astrovan with some funky stuff on top.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=10+S+San+Pedro+St&sll=37.77916,-122.42009&sspn=0.149516,0.374222&ie=UTF8&ll=37.339686,-121.891766&spn=0.0094,0.030427&z=16&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.334929,-121.892722&cbp=2,417.851340832084,0.555992488411436,3
May 29th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
What happened with MSFT’s street view?
May 29th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
For anybody wondering it was on the Daily Planet show with Jay Ingram and Natasha Stillwell on Discovery Channel Canada last week. They showed the inside of the van and the people driving it and everything. Really neat technology.
May 29th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
It’s the Google Map’s dev team. They showed us the picture at Where 2.0 today…
May 29th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Aaargh! Typo!
May 30th, 2007 at 10:52 am
How about Steve Job’s house.
Look, his mercedes is brand new and does not have a license plate yet!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=432+santa+rita+ave,+palo+alto&sll=37.337766,-121.889899&sspn=0.007268,0.021501&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&cbll=37.435142,-122.140461&cbp=1,126.316917879418,0.630139806555404,2&ll=37.439361,-122.139494&spn=0.007258,0.014462&z=16
May 31st, 2007 at 7:36 am
Google Street View predictions
1) Spotting one of the “Google vans” (Is this it?) becomes the new Where’s Waldo.
2) Locating Street View imagery of one’s self intentionally doing stupid things for the camera on said van becomes a new measure of geek stardom.
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