Google Street View hilarity 31 May 2007

Google's "Street View" maps are creating quite a stir...but more importantly, some hilarious blog posts.

From BoingBoing reader Mary Kalin-Casey:

"The new Google Maps zoom feature zooms all the way into my living room window. See cat on cat perch.

"I'm all for mapping, but this feature literally gives me the shakes. I feel like I need to close all my curtains now. I'm going to look into whether it's possible for a person to have pictures of their home removed from Google Maps. Meanwhile, I'm happy to show bb readers the photo in the interest of illustrating creepy privacy violations. Heck, the whole world can see him anyway."

Wired has even set up a page to collect the best inadvertant urban snapshots, "be they citizens flaunting the law or hot dog vendors rocking a sweet style." Take a look at the Google Mobile breaking the speed limit, for example.