More on Google’s [insert big brother reference here] Maps
Via BoingBoing and PR Differently - The car and 11-camera mount that Immersive Media uses to create those street level maps. If you see one in your city…shield your face from big brother!
Immersive also has a cool demo on their site of how the setup works.
Google apparently shot their own higher quality street level maps in San Francisco - probably using this:
Image courtesy: Ben Syverson
And if you’re not convinced that these get pretty close and personal check out these images via Streetviewr.
Screen captures courtesy: Google Blogoscoped. Click above to view on Google’s site.