GoogVan Drivers Gotta Eat Too!
487 days ago
Nosing around StreetView, I discover something that gives me an inordinate amount of glee: the GoogleVan going through the drive thru of a McDonald’s. Oh, woe, Google, I had thought much more of thee: come on—a McDonalds? I expected so much more from The Goog…
So, as I continue to amuse myself with StreetView: The Triangle, I ran across something that made me go "Hmmmm". If you take a look at StreetView on Walnut Street, and you head past the McDonald’s on Walnut Street, for three segments you get jarringly dropped into…
That’s right: the McDonald’s parking lot. Evidently the GoogVan was cruising past MickeyD’s during lunch, and decided to hit the drive thru.
My proof? Well, take a look at this picture: Obviously the van is pulling away from the drive thru.
Next, take a look back as the GoogVan makes its escape: see the arrow?
The drive thru is one way only. In fact, if you rotate around, you’ll see Goog’s StreetView amusingly insists that Cary town planners aren’t too bright, as, evidently, Walnut Street goes right through…
a tree. No word on whether that’s a walnut tree. The point? Well, SpyView…er…StreetView is a two way, um street. Yes, you can look into my home’s windows. But then again, I can catch you going to MickeyDs. Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha….er….hahahaha…heh….sigh
posted by: Spence












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