Google Street View Goes Live in Winnipeg
You’ll read it here first! After months of waiting and wondering when Google would finally flick the switch to include Winnipeg on its Street View application, the moment is here.
Google made Winnipeg available late Tuesday, featuring 3D images of almost every corner of the city. Also added today were Victoria, Nanaimo, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Sudbury, London, Sherbrooke and St. John’s.
You can view the Street View images on Google Maps by entering an address and dragging the little orange icon/figure over your chosen destination.
Other parts of the province have yet to go live, but we would guess they should be appearing shortly.
Many hours will now be spent scouting out various locations. This is going to be fun!
Check out the history of Google in Manitoba by reading some of the related stories we’ve done.
Spot something funny, odd or weird? E-mail us or leave a comment below.
UPDATE: Thanks to Corey Q. for pointing out the little glitch near the Niakwa Country Club (620 Niakwa Road) — the street in front of the club was shot in the summer, but a few hundred yards down near the foot bridge, it’s a winter wonderland.
We took a screencast to show you.
Watch:
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December 1st, 2009 at 9:55 pm
We can start up an “Ugliest House In Winnipeg” contest.
My vote:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=414+Lindenwood+Dr+W,+Winnipeg,+MB,+Canada&sll=49.836188,-97.197033&sspn=0.012303,0.033023&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=414+Lindenwood+Dr+W,+Winnipeg,+Division+No.+11,+Manitoba,+Canada&ll=49.836114,-97.197032&spn=0.012248,0.033023&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=49.836188,-97.197033&panoid=6NA_ZmYXrTztsMm4I7J8Rg&cbp=12,69.91,,1,0.91
Privacy is dead.
Chris D dot ca Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Funny you bring that up. I drove by that house just today.
WpgCameraMan Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 10:13 pm
One of my many interests is architecture, and I can tell you this is bad. Look at the scale, the front door is almost invisible compared to those giant wobbly pillars. The roof is a patchwork of angles, and the front garage wall isn’t true. This is not a Gino’s Home. Neither is this. Again, front door issues. You need be shorter than 4’2″ to get in.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=256+henderson,+Winnipeg,+MB,+Canada&sll=49.836096,-97.197042&sspn=0.003076,0.008256&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=256+Henderson+Hwy,+Winnipeg,+Division+No.+11,+Manitoba,+Canada&ll=49.924455,-97.107081&spn=0.012226,0.033023&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=49.924563,-97.106968&panoid=W8Q2x9SPjILy2L5i2ZEV5A&cbp=12,289.64,,1,2.86
Now we need to make our houses look good , not just for people who walk or drive by, but also surf to.
December 1st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Very, very neat. Thanks for the heads up, Chris.
December 1st, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Check these guys out:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2071+Portage+Ave,+Winnipeg,+MB,+Canada&sll=49.885192,-97.290287&sspn=0.009014,0.027874&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2071+Portage+Ave,+Winnipeg,+Division+No.+11,+Manitoba&ll=49.87727,-97.231965&spn=0.00896,0.027874&z=16&layer=c&cbll=49.877275,-97.23184&panoid=jt2LufnuXFeZ4Ihe7ozIDw&cbp=12,328.44,,1,2.12
(via @tatajer on Twitter)
December 1st, 2009 at 10:36 pm
haha searching the north end for any suspicious activity
WpgCameraMan Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 11:15 pm
The need to send out the car at night. Scanned Manitoba Ave, seemed pretty quiet.
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:32 pm
This is cool, here’s city infrastructure responding to the presence of the Google car.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?cbp=12,52.18,,0,4.12&cbll=49.885019,-97.13906&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=49.885262,-97.13841&spn=0,359.983488&t=h&z=17&panoid=Fo3QFnatgxpiUxSeOwgAXQ
I have a soft spot for this underpass, I was passenger in a microwave van that camethisclose to going through. Not good.
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
There’s a number of streets in the north end where it shows back lanes instead of the streets proper. Kind of sh***y for those people.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.924676,-97.156992&spn=0,359.944253&z=15&layer=c&cbll=49.931669,-97.161637&panoid=w9_Bw66PM5nNBWdSU2dNiA&cbp=12,111.51,,0,7.29
December 16th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
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