As Mary Bowers notes in the paper today, Google's Street View has raised privacy concerns in the United States. She says that the service is available in 27 American cities, but I've discovered that it's not just available in cities. I recently looked up my 'home' address, the house I lived in growing up and where my parents still live. It's about 90 miles north-west of Chicago, about a half hour past the suburban belt that rings the city. This is rural Illinois corn country, not a city, town, village or hamlet by anyone's definition. And guess what? Street View is there. Fortunately, my house is surrounded by 40 acres of trees so you'd have to take this shot in the dead of winter to have even a hope of seeing of it. But it's still slightly amazing (worrying, depending on your point of view) on how much progress Google has made in making the world searchable. Google Street View coming to a cornfield near you.
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