A few weeks ago, the tech gadgetry blog Gizmodo published an article with pictures of Google’s vehicle fleet, sitting in a parking lot (presumably in Cali based on the license plate – see image, from Gizmodo, at left) getting ready to take photos. You see, these street-view images don’t just come out of thin air – Google’s purchased a fleet of Chevy cars to drive around America, roof-mounted camera at the ready, waiting to capture more image data for Google Maps.

Not the greatest photo, but you can just make out the Erwin Terrace dumpster structure on the right and Poplar Manor on the left:

(Via Bull City Rising.)

Yay!