Comments on: Street View expands in Canada http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/02/09/street-view-expands-in-canada/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/02/09/street-view-expands-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-117125 Rich Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:42:42 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=8386#comment-117125 Definitely not. After browsing around a bit I realized the snowmobile was restricted to the "roads", aka the boring beginner runs that connect the various areas of the mountains in a near-horizontal fashion. It would've been dangerous to send the thing down (or even up) the more challenging terrain. Still, you gotta give props to the Google people for coming up with yet another way to pleasantly waste our time. Definitely not. After browsing around a bit I realized the snowmobile was restricted to the "roads", aka the boring beginner runs that connect the various areas of the mountains in a near-horizontal fashion. It would've been dangerous to send the thing down (or even up) the more challenging terrain.

Still, you gotta give props to the Google people for coming up with yet another way to pleasantly waste our time.

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/02/09/street-view-expands-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-116882 Fagstein Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:49:02 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=8386#comment-116882 Probably not. It's not like skiers don't get practice runs on the slope. Probably not. It's not like skiers don't get practice runs on the slope.

]]> By: soup http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/02/09/street-view-expands-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-116837 soup Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:05:11 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=8386#comment-116837 I wonder if the street view snomobile is going to help the athletes get a head start on the games by knowing what the slope looks like ahead of time. I wonder if the street view snomobile is going to help the athletes get a head start on the games by knowing what the slope looks like ahead of time.

]]> By: Rich http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/02/09/street-view-expands-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-116473 Rich Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:19:31 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=8386#comment-116473 Good Grief! Pegman dons a helmet and straps on the boards for a few runs down Whistler/Blackcomb! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=whistler,+bc&sll=30.756577,-88.103056&sspn=0.029356,0.032916&g=whistler&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Whistler,+Squamish-Lillooet+Regional+District,+British+Columbia,+Canada&ll=50.06092,-122.944002&spn=0,359.993852&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=50.061478,-122.943995&panoid=9vZoGFpEPNpHjWjft-8bUA&cbp=12,5.56,,0,4.5 How cool is that? Good Grief! Pegman dons a helmet and straps on the boards for a few runs down Whistler/Blackcomb!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=whistler,+bc&sll=30.756577,-88.103056&sspn=0.029356,0.032916&g=whistler&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Whistler,+Squamish-Lillooet+Regional+District,+British+Columbia,+Canada&ll=50.06092,-122.944002&spn=0,359.993852&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=50.061478,-122.943995&panoid=9vZoGFpEPNpHjWjft-8bUA&cbp=12,5.56,,0,4.5

How cool is that?

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