Archive for April 2nd, 2009

Angry villagers form human chain to stop Google Street View filming (Daily Mail)

Police were called after residents thwarted a Google Street View car from taking digital images of Broughton in Buckinghamshire for fear of attracting burglars.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Google Maps mashups for travel (Guardian Unlimited)

Restaurants, hotels, galleries … anything that can be mapped can be added to Google Maps, creating invaluable tools for travellers. Keir Clarke, of Google Maps Mania, picks his favourites Since the first Google Maps mashup - maps overlaid with information - was created in 2005, a growing band of users have been making maps of hotels, pubs, restaurants, hotels, galleries, museums and anything ...

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Angry villagers form human chain to stop Google Street View filming (Daily Mail: World News)

Police were called after residents thwarted a Google Street View car from taking digital images of Broughton in Buckinghamshire for fear of attracting burglars.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Village mob thwarts Google Street View car (Times Online)

Angry villagers formed a human chain to thwart the progress of a Google Street View car which was trying to take photographs of their homes.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Google car’s in town (Eastbourne Today)

A GOOGLE car has been spotted in Eastbourne and is believed to be taking photographs for the internet company's new Street View. (02/04/2009 09:22:30)

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009