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[Moved from "StreetView in Rome"]

This morning, on my motorbike.
What a strange car, seemes like a google one...

and it was!

flickr.com/photos/21007730N00/sets/72157604599666192/

Photos taken here:
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go google go!

direct link

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finally... google street view come to italy!
:-)

Good pick, dnakiller.

We know from Valleywag that Brin & Page wanted to use (ecological) Toyota Prius instead of these car, but it wasn't possible.
valleywag.com/357517/sergey-st ...

Did you notice the Google logo on the left side of the car keeps changing position?

the first car was spotted in rome , the second in milan.. not the same car :-)

Ok thanks! I am just hoping that it's not true ;-)

Interesting. Those are SICK laser scanners on the pole. Looks like they're gathering 3D laser data.

More details about the laser scanners here:
educatingsilicon.com/2008/04/1 ...

Yes I can confirm the news! Two days ago I see the car when going home from the university. I saw the car in Rome, near cinecittà est (where the studios are located!) and the car was the same of the image on top page! ;)

Is this car new for Google Street view's armada?

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"...part of a crowd and not the center of attention."

I like it. "Your honor, the rest of the crowd is in the back ground and hard to see but I swear it is a crowd".

What exactly defines a crowd and the center of attention???

Elvis

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i've seen them in Adelaide, Australia too!!!

Blogsaic, interesting, did you get the chance to snap a photo?

These cars has been used in Australia

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Photographer photographed :)

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After Adelaide, there is Auckland flickr.com/photos/nakedgeek/24 ...
(and Phoenix flickr.com/photos/asuyeehaw/24 ...)

Saw one of these cars on Boulevard Gambetta, Nice, France on April 18.

Nice ? Sympa :) Merci saltkettle.

Video of a Google Street View car:

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Many, many references (old and new) included to this CNET News article:
news.cnet.co.uk/software/0,390 ...

There've been a few of these in Manchester, England recently. A friend tells me that he saw bikes with poles on the back for use in the pedestrian zones in town, and on the University campus.