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The Google Street View is quite a phenomena. Beyond capturing images of well…our streets, it has also picked up some very interesting things. Perhaps our readers recall our story of Google Street View capturing an image of Oasis’ lead singer Liam Gallagher enjoying a pint at an outdoor bar in London? Yes, rock stars like drinking beer in the afternoon. One of the more interesting Google Street View strange stories was this one where it “apparently” captured an image of God. Well, perhaps God is on Google Street View’s side these days because it played a major role in nabbing a notorious heroin drug dealer ring. The surveillance cameras actually caught members stuffing heroin packages into a lock-box hidden behind a store’s sign. Good job Google Street View. Making our streets safer. Read more here.

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By documenting satellite images of the earth, as well as images from the street, Google Earth and Google Street View often stumble upon some pretty interesting things. Do you recall our story last year about Google Street View capturing an image of Oasis frontman, Liam Gallagher, enjoying a pint of beer outside of a local pub in north London. Of course, he would be enjoying a pint of beer – he is a rock star. That is what they do! What is amazing is that Google Street View captured him in the act. Well, it seems that many in the UK are “throwing a wobbly” (that’s British slang expression for pitching a fit, in case you did not know) about how Google Earth has captured some critical football matches. Of course, we are not talking about good old fashioned Joe Namath-style American football. We are talking about soccer — yes, very confusing. Check out this Guardian UK story. Of course, it is impossible to tell the score of the game, but you all just wait. One day, we all will be able to watch the Super Bowl in real time from streaming satellite imagery. All in due time… And, check out this blog post from Spatial Law and Policy about the EU potentially being short-sighted when it comes to Google Street View. Perhaps Liam Gallagher complained about having his image on Street View??

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Let’s face it. We rarely see rock stars out in public. As much as we would love to run into Keith Richards at the grocery store, or local pub, it just does not happen. They seems to live on a different plane than us regular folks. So, we were surprised to find this news story about Google Street View capturing an image of Oasis frontman, Liam Gallagher, enjoying a pint of beer outside of a local pub in north London.

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