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1. dkurth · 1790282920 · focus · HN ↗

   In 2009, Google Street View had only been gathering images in Austin for about a year, I think. I pulled up right behind the Street View car at a red light, and I waved out the window, hoping that would get captured. I sent an email to my friends with a link to the location and said, "check this out in a couple of months!"

   When I checked later that year, there was no image of me, so I thought the camera had not been active, and I forgot all about it.

   Then, while looking through old emails a couple of weeks ago, I found that one and clicked the link. I clicked to see images from 2009, and sure enough, there was my little white Honda. And when I moved around the map, I found an image where my hand was out the window, waving! It was like I was waving to myself from the past. Pretty neat!

   1. knert · 1790301879 · focus · HN ↗

      My grandfather passed away a few years ago. Google caught him raking leaves in the front yard a year prior. It’s nice to visit him once in a while.

      1. DANmode · 1790314420 · focus · HN ↗

         Grab that, if you’ll miss it <3

         1. JJMcJ · 1790353192 · focus · HN ↗

            Sometimes images from the past will disappear.

            Right now it's Aug 2025/Jun 2022/Dec 2019/Sept 2017 but come back a few months later and Dec 2019 has disappeared. Don't know if it's licensing issues or what.

            1. DANmode · 1790412523 · focus · HN ↗

               Is this your experience with aerial, or Street View level imagery? Both?

               Thanks!

               1. JJMcJ · 1790699163 · focus · HN ↗

                  Street View where you are offered "See more dates"

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