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Eliot Rosewater

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28. Never thought to use it this way, thanks. I usually look suspiciously at

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:53 PM

Dec 2018

topics meant to distract us from what is going on, but that is not what this is and I like this idea, will use it more now.

How do you use it from start, do you google an address or do you go to google street view page?

One of my faves
is Lahaina , Maui

how do I get to front street, if I dont know it is named Front street?

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I frickin LOVE Google "Street View" [View all] A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 OP

I love to look at other countries Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1

Yup! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #2

I retraced my walk between home and school back in the early 60s. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2018 #3

LOL A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #5

I did the same. The scary woods I would walk through sometimes... are so dinky! Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #24

kinda crazy RazBerryBeret Dec 2018 #4

Weird, huh? A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #6

LOL. n/t area51 Dec 2018 #16

Faroe Islands... IcyPeas Dec 2018 #7

Yes. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #8

Have you ever tried Google Earth? BadGimp Dec 2018 #9

Yes! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #10

Try GeoGuessr fountainofyouth Dec 2018 #11

Cool! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #12

I was telling someone about this a couple weeks ago. progressoid Dec 2018 #17

I'm on there. Bob Loblaw Dec 2018 #13

A few months ago . . . Roadside Attraction Dec 2018 #14

You can go back in time too LeftInTX Dec 2018 #15

There is an Easter egg in this one: demmiblue Dec 2018 #18

OK...Ya got me! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #20

Click the bottom of the Police Box. n/t demmiblue Dec 2018 #21

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAH!! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #22

Heh... demmiblue Dec 2018 #23

OMG!!!!! LeftInTX Dec 2018 #25

I always wondered, what do the squiggly lines mean? 912gdm Dec 2018 #30

I use it to live vicariously through my daughter. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2018 #19

It is very helpful if you're going to somewhere you've never been Renew Deal Dec 2018 #26

Yes. Absolutely. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #27

Never thought to use it this way, thanks. I usually look suspiciously at Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #28

Here's how I use it most often A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #31

have been using maps and street view but did not know about the yellow man, very helpful, thanks Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #35

Apologies, I don't think I answered your 2nd question; A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #36

Well it is easier now if I START at google maps, I was starting at google and typing in an Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #37

No worries. Enjoy! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #38

Try this: On Google maps, go to satellite view. louis-t Dec 2018 #29

Didn't notice that before. Cool! Thanks. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #33

Several years ago, I took a "Street View" stroll down Lombard Street in San Francisco! KCDebbie Dec 2018 #32

Exactly! A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #34

I was just in Sumatra! Dont know why, but thats one place Ive been enamored of ever since Kashkakat v.2.0 Dec 2018 #39

I was fortunate that my father had a job the required him to take posts overseas. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #40