# Website with panned images of every city block?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-with-panned-images-of-every-city-block/343696>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-with-panned-images-of-every-city-block/343696 "2006-02-09T16:42:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-with-panned-images-of-every-city-block/343696/1 "2006-02-09T16:42:06Z")

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I remember seeing this thing sometime in the past, and I can’t remember whether it was an application or a download. Maybe it was a Google thing, like Google Earth? Anyway, this entity, whoever it was, had a truck with a stationary camera that drove up and down every street in at least some major cities, such that you could see pictured, at street level, every address in the city. Does anybody know about this and where to find it? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-with-panned-images-of-every-city-block/343696/2 "2006-02-09T16:49:12Z")

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I believe you are thinking of this:  
[http://maps.a9.com/](http://maps.a9.com/)

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-with-panned-images-of-every-city-block/343696/3 "2006-02-09T17:04:54Z")

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Cool! I can see my bedroom!

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**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-with-panned-images-of-every-city-block/343696/4 "2006-02-09T17:26:10Z")

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> [@PigBoy](#):
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> I believe you are thinking of this:  
> [http://maps.a9.com/](http://maps.a9.com/)

Well, it doesn’t look how I remember it, but they may have changed the look and feel. In any event, it’s exactly what I need. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![charizard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charizard/32/4166_2.png) [@charizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charizard)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-with-panned-images-of-every-city-block/343696/5 "2006-02-09T17:29:23Z")

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> [@Nametag](#):
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> Cool! I can see my bedroom!

Yes, you should have closed the blinds when they drove by. 😃