Amazing Photosynth demo

This is an amazing TED Conference presentation of "Photosynth" technology that enables the user to fly through images and information on the Web. Quite breathtaking, but hard to describe so just watch it.



[thanks to David C. for this]

Google Street View - Explore neighborhoods at street level–virtually

Google has just added a very interesting extension to Google Maps - 360 degree views of ground level streetscapes that you can pan and zoom. Only 5 cities in the US have been mapped at this stage. San Fransisco has the highest quality images. See introduction.

There are of course some interesting privacy issues arising from this. The Age gives quite a good review. Wired Magazine has a few a few odd sightings, but they're scratching a bit.
A broader view of current discussion can be obtained through Google News.