Google Street View has changed the way that people interact with online maps as well as real cities. Controversial and illicit images as well as strange photographic glitches have only heightened the public's fascination with this interactive panoramic mapping system. The now-infamous Google Street View van has captured embarrassing moments, created accidental celebrities and documented interesting urban changes over time. The following images illustrate this variety.

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Web Urbanist covers a variety of topics all related to the overarching theme of communities and design, online and offline. For those of you just tuning in, we thought this would be a good time to do a roundup of the best of Web Urbanist so far. As it turns out, there is an even 50/50 split of top 6 ...

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We just wanted to take a small interlude and give a shout out to MyBlogLog, the best blogger community on the web. Not a blogger? No problem, MyBlogLog is also a great way to find other interesting blogs, whether or not you blog! MyBlogLog has over 140,000 members and 40,000 registered blogs, and continues to grow.

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Kevin Rose, founder of popular social news site Digg.com, has successfully launched his brand new venture that seems about as boring and/or creepy as Gmail: Pownce. So what is Pownce? According to the site it is a� "way to send messages, files, links, and events to ...

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As promised, this week's link love goes out to the best and most diligent Web Urbanist commentators. Thanks Mike and Eric for posting some of the most thoughtful comments this week, specifically on a questionable and ...

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