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February 4th, 2010, 23:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_googlesstoreviewguy.jpgIt probably won't result is as many hilarious candids as Street View (http://gizmodo.com/5429167/google-street-view-spots-one-chunky-mans-funky-truck-party), but the rumored "Google Store View (http://gizmodo.com/tag/googlestoreview/)" sure sounds handy. Presumably, it will eventually let you check out the interior of any participating retailer through Google Maps (http://gizmodo.com/tag/googlemaps/).
The report comes from Search Engine Land (http://searchengineland.com/google-maps-to-add-google-store-views-35153), which was contacted by a New York company called Oh Nuts (http://gizmodo.com/tag/ohnuts/). Apparently the almond-monger recently got a visit from camera-toting Google guys (http://gizmodo.com/tag/googleguys/), who photographed their entire store, six feet at a time, in every direction.
So essentially, you'd be able to see a storefront in Street View, click on it, and check out the interior for inventory, cleanliness, layout, etc. Not bad! Although a project of this scale would take a looooong time to roll out.
Google's officially issued a no-comment non-denial of the sort that early-stage projects like this usually get. We'll find out eventually, I suppose, especially if any other nut stores out there come forward with tales of Google guy visits past. [Search Engine Land (http://searchengineland.com/google-maps-to-add-google-store-views-35153) via Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/2010/02/is-google-planning-to-add-store-views-to-google-maps.html)]
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The report comes from Search Engine Land (http://searchengineland.com/google-maps-to-add-google-store-views-35153), which was contacted by a New York company called Oh Nuts (http://gizmodo.com/tag/ohnuts/). Apparently the almond-monger recently got a visit from camera-toting Google guys (http://gizmodo.com/tag/googleguys/), who photographed their entire store, six feet at a time, in every direction.
So essentially, you'd be able to see a storefront in Street View, click on it, and check out the interior for inventory, cleanliness, layout, etc. Not bad! Although a project of this scale would take a looooong time to roll out.
Google's officially issued a no-comment non-denial of the sort that early-stage projects like this usually get. We'll find out eventually, I suppose, especially if any other nut stores out there come forward with tales of Google guy visits past. [Search Engine Land (http://searchengineland.com/google-maps-to-add-google-store-views-35153) via Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/2010/02/is-google-planning-to-add-store-views-to-google-maps.html)]
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