# Google Street View celebrates July 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-celebrates-july-4/455281 "2008-07-04T10:06:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-celebrates-july-4/455281/1 "2008-07-04T10:06:34Z")
Check out the little Street View guy on Google Maps. He’s all dressed up to celebrate! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-celebrates-july-4/455281/2 "2008-07-04T12:52:08Z")
OK, I’ve used Street View a few times and I’ve never seen any little guy there. Little help? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-celebrates-july-4/455281/3 "2008-07-04T13:14:34Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] OK, I’ve used Street View a few times and I’ve never seen any little guy there. Little help? [/QUOTE] Go to [http://maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com) and choose Street View. When you zoom in on a city there’s a little guy who you can drag to the blue-outlined streets and move him around, giving you the Street View. Usually he’s just a little yellow stick man, but today he’s all dressed up. [Screenshot 1](http://i31.tinypic.com/28sauzk.png) [Screenshot 2, taken while dragging him](http://i29.tinypic.com/1z2hu9i.png) [This pic](http://michaelzimmer.org/images/Google_Street_PPH2.jpg) shows what the man usually looks like. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-celebrates-july-4/455281/4 "2008-07-04T13:57:48Z")
I don’t get any funny dressed guy in google maps. Only the regular yellow belly ☹ Guess it’s for your eyes only. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-celebrates-july-4/455281/5 "2008-07-04T14:00:26Z")
[QUOTE=WormTheRed] I don’t get any funny dressed guy in google maps. Only the regular yellow belly ☹ Guess it’s for your eyes only. [/QUOTE] That’s odd. It even shows up on the .co.uk version, for me. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-celebrates-july-4/455281/6 "2008-07-04T14:20:10Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] That’s odd. It even shows up on the .co.uk version, for me. [/QUOTE] Just realized he’s only dressed in those garbs if you look at the USA. I decided to go on a walk in France, where he was the usual yellow. (and of course that’s how it’s supposed to be… ) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-celebrates-july-4/455281/7 "2008-07-04T14:23:43Z")
OK, now I see him. Guess I just don’t use Street View enough (very very little), and when I do I go in a different way. Thanks!