A new service from Google is taking their maps program down to the actual street level. You can browse around the streets of locations they've mapped like in a 3-d virtual game (though it's just pictures so not as smooth as an actual game… yet). What happens when they combine it with
Fotowoosh?
The implications of this are currently unknown. For one, I suppose it gives you the opportunity to browse around a location before you actually go there so you can plan your trip better. Or if I was a terrorist, it makes it really easy to pick targets and become familiar with the neighborhood before the actual event. Another possibility is making game modifications like
this one. Nothing like being able to wander around in Counterstrike blowing people away on your very own virtual street!
Don't get me wrong, it's neat technology and certainly better than live cameras. People and license plate numbers are all obscured at least.
Then again, maybe not.
