# Too weird--the Wonder Of Random Street View **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815 "2023-03-07T01:13:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815/41 "2023-03-09T15:11:58Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > The randomness isn’t just some Google Street View somewhere, it’s a random image from a collection of known weird and interesting images found on Google Street View. Yeah. 90% of the views then would be of some empty field or alley somewhere. Still would like to see someone do that anyway. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815/42 "2023-03-09T16:19:24Z")
I think you are being generous. I’d say more like 99.99%+ of the street views are going to be mundane and uninteresting images. It’s a rare treasure to discover a weird one in the wild and on your own, without being guided to it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815/43 "2023-03-10T05:58:44Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Still would like to see someone do that anyway. That’s exactly what Geoguessr does. Plops you down on a road…somewhere. Anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815/44 "2023-03-10T08:29:05Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > That’s exactly what Geoguessr does Or did, before they gamified and monetized it. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815/45 "2023-03-10T19:24:06Z")
A dog apparently driving a bus. The first few yards of a water slide (not the whole trip, sadly). A pair of disembodied legs walking down a sidewalk by a park. On a different use of street view: tripgeo dot com lets you plug in a starting and ending point, step distance, etc. and you can have it “drive” you along the way. I plugged Prudhoe Bay to Key West and got into British Columbia or Alberta before I gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815/46 "2025-02-25T03:38:49Z")
A man, offering to fight a dinosaur (statue) one-on-one. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815/47 "2025-02-25T05:26:17Z")
If anyone goes looking for what the Spiderman in Mexico is all about, point the camera straight up. You may have to circle around straight up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815.md?page=2)