{"id":1784,"date":"2008-12-17T06:32:41","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T10:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2008-12-17T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T15:24:48","slug":"googles-streetview-hits-cow-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/17\/googles-streetview-hits-cow-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s StreetView hits Cow Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Google announced<\/a> the “doubling” of Streetview coverage in the LatLong Blog a week ago, I didn’t think much about it. I presumed that it meant that they were now covering the top 100 metro markets instead of the top 50.<\/p>\n

When I saw the StreetView of Devil’s Tower,<\/a> I expanded my expectation to include well known tourist stops. I didn’t expand my expectations to include the rural hinterlands of the United States, including the low density cow country of upstate Western New York and NW Pa. I was wrong!\u00a0<\/p>\n

They don’t cover just the city of Olean<\/a>, a small rust belt town of 15,000 in rural upstate. The expanded Streetview covers<\/a> \u00a0many of the small burgs on the lonely drive from Buffalo, NY to Dubois, Pa<\/a> (pronounced Dew Boyz), and many of the back roads through Allegany State Park<\/a> and into the Allegany National Forest. \u00a0My 10 minute drive into work along a rural ridge of the Allegany foothills is always a pleasure. I never expected to be able to share it with you. <\/p>\n