Houstonist: Google Street View hits Houston

mmeads

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:14:14 -0600

sweet. i was wondering where the horse stature from your logo is out.

guest

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:27:45 -0600

Saw gas at $2.11 near BW & Westheimer - kinda dates it as over a year old. Also look at the glitch in Memorial park - try street viewing from the east going through the park - they are off by about a mile for a little while.

guest

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:43:32 -0600

I added here some amazing Street View from the last update (08/2007).

lauren

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:10:05 -0600

some of the views i have seen downtown clearly indicate january/february 2006, but there are some instances where photos appear more recent than that.

guest

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:49:13 -0600

I've seen some winter pictures and scenes in Northwest Houston by the Wortham subdivision off of Hwy 290 and FM-1960 West. With gas prices in the panaramics showing as under $2.00 a gallon, I'm not so sure whether it is December of 2006 or 2005.

JohnM

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:10:08 -0600

This seems pretty awesome. They should come down to Clear Lake.

Jax

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:28:33 -0600

In other cities (NYC, SF) you see cars all over the street, and people too, so I don't see why they would want Houston to be carless but not the other cities...

Jim Parsons

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:26:50 -0600

I think they did do the photography — or at least part of it — during the winter: In addition to the brown grass and leafless trees, you can see that the River Oaks Shopping Center is decorated for Christmas. I wonder how often (or if) these are updated?

laanba

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:14:13 -0600

I imagine the deserted streets are on purpose. Otherwise when you do the 360 rotation in some areas, you would just see cars everywhere instead of being able to see what is across the street.

Jax

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:47:03 -0600

Why did they do so much of the southwest side and skip over nicer areas like Southampton, River Oaks, the Museum District, and the Heights. And it seems like they took a lot of the photos early on a sunday morning or something. Stores are closed in a lot of the images, parking lots are empty, and there are no people to be seen. Also the grass seems brown (maybe winter?). Oh well.. better than nothing.

guest

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:44:24 -0600

Can't wait to see what new and interesting finds will surface now. There are already quite a few coming in in addition to the 600 existing finds here: http://streetviewgallery.corank.com