Google maps are such a boon. And their ‘street view’ feature has helped me out on more occasions that I have fingers to count. Portland was one of the first cities to benefit from the feature, but I figured smaller towns would be waiting a few years. However, the other day I noticed that much of Newberg has been photographed and mapped.
I looked around a few familiar places and found a fun little treat outside Grammy and Pappy’s house. Apparently, when the Google photography van was driving by last fall, our family was walking over to Grammy and Pappy’s. The ‘street view’ show Truman on his bike, just going up the walkway to their house. Amy and Asher and I are just down the street. Pretty fun!
Click the image above to be taken to the relevant portion of Google Maps. Once there, you’ll see a popup-style box overlaid against the map. The top right corner of the popup box says, “Full-Screen”. Just click that and use your arrow keys to move the point of view around.
Funny that you were captured by them. I always wondered if I’d see one of the vans that’s been contracted to do the imaging… and you were there! I thought some privacy concerns might come up. Very cool technology, though. They recently added some streets to my town as well (30,000 people).