Show HN: Random Street View

Re:Show HN: Random Street View by JasonFruit on Monday January 27, 2014 @03:24PM (#7132953)

No, no! Don't do it by population distribution! The rural areas are what I want to see! Ahem . . . I mean, the random distribution ensures that everyone gets to see things they weren't looking for, and that's good.

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Re:Show HN: Random Street View by chrissnell on Monday January 27, 2014 @07:45PM (#7134459)

Lots of those, too. My random view put me on the North Slope Haul Road in Alaska. Even more strange, there was a second Google car in the picture!

http://randomstreetview.com/#13i9ir_-2hkyi5_-5r_a_-2

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Re:Show HN: Random Street View by hueving on Monday January 27, 2014 @04:34PM (#7133400)

I second this. Cities get boring pretty quickly.

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Re:Show HN: Random Street View by leeview on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @06:36AM (#7136505)

OK, it seems that guys from cities want to see country sides more often and the guys from country side want to see cities and people. I guess the randomization engine should be biased to use the location of the user & serve him what he does not see very often.

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Re:Show HN: Random Street View by JasonFruit on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @08:44AM (#7136988)

Nope; I live in the country, and I'm curious about how rural people around the world live. The cities are neat too. Random is good.

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