Labels: Everest, Mountain View

Google has added four more cities to its Maps street view: San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston and Orlando, Fla. San Diego is getting the same high-resolution imagery treatment that Google gives San Francisco; I'm not sure why. I asked Google about this and this is the response I got:

"As you probably know, Street View imagery is gathered by Google and a third-party data provider. Imagery in San Diego, like San Francisco, was gathered by Google. Our focus is on providing coverage for as many cities as possible; I don't have any additional details about our imagery collection schedule at the moment, but we will announce new roll outs on the Lat Long blog."

Read more: webware.com 

Labels: city, Maps, Mountain View, street

Bill Richardson intends to call on Americans to give up some of their creature comforts in the name of the environment and energy independency and reconsider their air conditioning, washing machines and the cars they drive when he unveils his energy policy later this week.

During an appearance Monday afternoon at Google headquarters in Mountain View, the New Mexico governor and Democratic presidential aspirant gave a preview of his plan for "a national transformation" driven by community will, massive tax credits and subsidies, and private investment in renewable energy.

Full article: Hispanic Business 

Labels: headquarters, Mountain View, political