Google Launches Street View in Austin

As Austin Metblogs posted on Friday, Google recently expanded their nifty Street View application to include Austin.

The feature, part of Google Maps, allows you to 'virtually' drive through the city. Most of the hundreds of photographs that make up Austin's Street View look to have been taken sometime last October though December, as Halloween and Christmas decorations can be seen. Waterloo Park was evidently shot during early November's Fun Fun Fun Fest -- if you squint, you can barely make out the Austinist banner that was set up facing Red River Street.

Give it a spin here. If you spot something neat (like the famous polka dot lawn) and/or creepy, feel free to share it with our readers!

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By Allen Y Chen in News on March 31, 2008 2:01 PM 0 Comments

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JohnM

three cheers for the Sandpiper

leggyblonde

Ah! got it.

nope, i'm south of the river. i just... know things.

Barney Noodles

leggy blonde is my neighbor

leggyblonde

You can go through the dead-end at 45th & Ave. H as well...

How do you pan down?

pylorns

Yeah, this is definitly a cool thing. Pan the view down and you can see the car that took the pictures.

ttrentham

Thanks for the nod, Allen. Check the comments on my post. Someone claims to have found Leslie. It does look like him, but it's pretty fuzzy.

My favorite so far is if you go west on 4th street from the Gingerman, as you cross Guadalupe, there's a barricade for one of the festivals down there that magically disappears as you cross the street.