Hi Margaret. Often the little yellow man won't settle down on a street that doesn't have its streetview loaded (the Google cars haven't driven down it to take the pictures). So don't feel totally snubbed! Just your street may have been snubbed. ;-) Cindy Seibel > On Nov 25, 2013, at 9:24 PM, bethanyc@aebc.com wrote: > > Well, thanks for telling me its googlemaps that > one types in, Ray. That was the part I couldn't > seem to find out anywhere. However, having now > found it, I cannot get that blasted little yellow > man to stand on my street. I guess he doesn't want > to be dragged around in the rain or something, but > he keeps hopefully showing me all sorts of nice > streets elsewhere in my city, but steadfastly > refuses to settle down on my street. > > I'll continue to wrestle with him. Or, more > effectively, I'll wait until a 13-year-old > grandkid is here. I suspect the little yellow man > will obey her, while he just thumbs his nose at me > :-) . > > Margaret Gibbs > > > > > > > >> On 25/11/2013 5:12 PM, Ray Hennessy wrote: >> Margaret >> >> You can get a street view of almost anywhere in the developed world by >> 1. go to googlemaps, >> 2. find the area you want >> 3. lift the little yellow man on the left of the screen and most roads get >> marked in blue >> 4. plonk him on any road now marked in blue >> 5. use the arrows on the scene to move around [easiest to see if you face >> the road] >> 6. use the circle top left to change the direction you are looking in >> 7. this direction can be seen in the map section bottom right. >> >> I think it's magic but then I think that for most internet things. >>

Or, as we prefer to think of it on our quiet little crescent, we may be more exclusive :-) . Margaret Gibbs On 26/11/2013 12:11 PM, Cindy wrote: > Hi Margaret. > Often the little yellow man won't settle down on a street that doesn't have its streetview loaded (the Google cars haven't driven down it to take the pictures). > So don't feel totally snubbed! Just your street may have been snubbed. ;-) > > Cindy Seibel > >> On Nov 25, 2013, at 9:24 PM, bethanyc@aebc.com wrote: >> >> Well, thanks for telling me its googlemaps that >> one types in, Ray. That was the part I couldn't >> seem to find out anywhere. However, having now >> found it, I cannot get that blasted little yellow >> man to stand on my street. I guess he doesn't want >> to be dragged around in the rain or something, but >> he keeps hopefully showing me all sorts of nice >> streets elsewhere in my city, but steadfastly >> refuses to settle down on my street. >> >> I'll continue to wrestle with him. Or, more >> effectively, I'll wait until a 13-year-old >> grandkid is here. I suspect the little yellow man >> will obey her, while he just thumbs his nose at me >> :-) . >> >> Margaret Gibbs >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 25/11/2013 5:12 PM, Ray Hennessy wrote: >>> Margaret >>> >>> You can get a street view of almost anywhere in the developed world by >>> 1. go to googlemaps, >>> 2. find the area you want >>> 3. lift the little yellow man on the left of the screen and most roads get >>> marked in blue >>> 4. plonk him on any road now marked in blue >>> 5. use the arrows on the scene to move around [easiest to see if you face >>> the road] >>> 6. use the circle top left to change the direction you are looking in >>> 7. this direction can be seen in the map section bottom right. >>> >>> I think it's magic but then I think that for most internet things. >>> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >