Google maps view of van that has just departed 1554 Walnut Avenue, Antioch, CA, the home of sex offender Phillip Garrido.

BB blog post:

www.boingboing.net/2009/08/31/did-google-street-vi.html

It's fascinating how much of my pre-California life revolved around this relatively small section of Denver.

I was sending someone directions to my office, and I noticed that the placemark that Google Maps puts on the map of the office address is more accurate. It used to be nearby on Route 9, but is now exactly on my building.

Back in November 2007, Google introduced a feature to allow editing of addresses and other information by anyone with a Google account. When viewing a placemark, you can now click "Edit" and move it to the right place. You can also see the history of the edits, which appears in this picture in reverse-chronological order.

You can see Google's original guess with the gray arrow in the lower picture. It looks like it was moved three times: to the right spot in November, a little off the right spot in January, and then back to the right spot in March.

Community editing is often abused, but I'm coming to expect this degree of interactivity from websites. When I see something amiss, I'm frustrated when there's not a "submit correction" or at least a "flag spam" link. In this case, I was the happy beneficiary of my peer's contributions.

From this page on Google Maps.

I will add more places as I think of them. Please leave a comment if I did not mark something.

Karl's Maze in Purkshof, Germany. Since 1921?

As seen from Google Maps.

This is how long it will take me to get to work if I choose to avoid highways.

Screenshot of what Kingston looks like on Google Maps, 06/26/08

Here's my Google map of the Doors Open Victoria sites. I like how you can easily enter multiple locations now, but I wish there was a way to dynamically 'rank' them.

There were only 15 to start with, unlike the 150 or so in Toronto...but no matter, it was my challenge to see them all in one day!

B.C. Parliament Buildings

501 Belleville Street 250-387-3046

BC Day at the Royal BC Museum

Open by Donation: Monday, August 4th, 9am to 5pm

Church of Our Lord

626 Blanshard Street. 250-383-8915

Congregation Emanu-el Synagogue

1421 Blanshard Street. 250-382-0615

Emily Carr House

207 Government Street 250-383-5843

Fairfield United Church

1303 Fairfield Road 250-384-3425

Government House

1401 Rockland Street 250-387-2080

Helmcken House

at the Royal BC Museum

James Bay United Church

511 Michigan Street, 250-384-5821

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

680 Courtney Street. 250-384-5734

Roger’s Chocolates

913 Government Street 250-881-8771 & 1-800-663-2220

St. Anne’s Academy National Historic Site

835 Humboldt Street. 250-953-8828

The Church of St. John the Divine

1611 Quadra Street 250-383-7169

St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral

740 View Street, 250-388-5571

1850s Craigflower Farmhouse and School

National Historic Site

1801 Admirals Road beside the Gorge Waterway 250-386-1606 (15mins drive from downtown Victoria)

on closer inspection, it is a flat tire.

"MARRy ME D", written in the middle of a farm's field.

I also mentioned this and other sky-legible marriage proposals in my blog article about some of my comments on rooftop ads, and the recent interview with me in a USAToday article.

See also my article about marriage proposals in Google Maps!