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I wrote a post about the new Google Maps “Street View” feature after seeing this funny image recently. The Street View feature was introduced on Google Maps last year in the US, but the peering eye of Google was spotted here in Melbourne Australia today.

Google has a car driving around the main city streets with a special camera fitted to the roof that continually takes photos of the view at street level from many angles. The “Google van” on the right was captured this evening on Melbourne’s South Eastern Freeway.

Google Maps Street View images won’t be live in Australia until later this year. In the meantime, I have hopefully fulfilled my long term (3 week) dream of getting into the Google Maps Street View pictures. When the images arrive, look for me in a blue car on the side of the road around about here.

The Street View idea has caused a range of reactions from fascination to concern to paranoia. On the positive side, it’s quite interesting to virtually visit cities like Los Angeles and New York from the comfort of your blog station (formerly know as PC). It’s also handy to be able to see what your destination looks like before you get there.

On the controversial side, there have been some quite funny and intriguing pictures captured. The privacy implications have also caused some concern… 

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