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Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by artursapek on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:44PM (#5458165)
I love what Google has done with Street View. Taking the technology indoors just does something completely different for me than outdoor shots. In this place it lets you look at intimate details of what used to be other peoples' every day lives. There's so much to explore. Can any one read this blackboard? http://goo.gl/maps/zWAqm

I'd love to see a hack that lets one walk around in first-person inside an environment using Street View imagery, like a video game. Maybe the imagery is sufficient for that if used right.

Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by minikomi on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:59PM (#5458853)
I think it says

    学びもののまとめをしよう
    生活のまとめをしよう
    事業と休みの区別をしよう
which are kind of preachy statements about how they should run the class.. Keep your learning stuff in order, keep your lifestyle in order, have a clear break between classtime and rest time. I'd assume that it's a left over from when the class was studying for end of year exams perhaps? Since the earthquake came at the end of a school year.
Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by mirkules on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:49PM (#5458181)
"I'd love to see a hack that lets one walk around in first-person inside an environment using Street View imagery, like a video game."

There was a TED video in 2010 doing almost that: http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html

Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by namank on Friday March 29, 2013 @02:16AM (#5459516)
Sorry about downvoting your comment, did not mean to.
Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by artursapek on Thursday March 28, 2013 @07:28PM (#5458313)
I just watched that whole thing. Very impressive.
Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by gcb0 on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:03PM (#5458674)
interesting, but didn't microsoft started to try to map the world with that very same approach way before streetview?

i can't remember the name of the project though...

Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by micro-ram on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:40PM (#5458973)
Terraserver.com
Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by kalleboo on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:04PM (#5458682)
Google have been doing lots of fun topical things with Street View lately.

Here's Japanese Cherry Blossom viewing, Street View style: http://www.google.com/landing/japanview/

Re:Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town by jdaley on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:00PM (#5458859)
> Can any one read this blackboard?

The first two sentences are too blurry for me. I think the third (left-most) sentence is:

○ 授業と休み時間の区別をしよう

"Let's distinguish between class time and break time."