Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The Google Star Vanishes*

Before:


After:


Ah well, it was fun while it lasted.

*With Apologies
Posted by David Codrea at 5/28/2008 09:07:00 AM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Was the individual ever identified?

5/28/2008 11:32 AM
Anonymous said...

That's how I want them shooting at ME, if they ever do: standing on one leg, one-hand hold, standing upright beside cover, not crouched behind it --especially smooth metal cover, for nice ricochets -- with the sun in their eyes. In a bright white T-shirt.

5/28/2008 1:39 PM
closed said...

It's still there ... you have to move a bit down the street.

They didn't remove the photo, they simply hid it by shifting the page everyone was looking at.

Might be deliberate, might be a database stupid.

5/28/2008 3:19 PM
closed said...

OK ... it looks like they just removed the frame where it was obvious he was pointing a pistol.

The ones just afterwards and before are still there.

5/28/2008 3:25 PM
me said...

They can use the disappearing image as part of a new ad campaign that's in line with their thinking...

"If it isn't on google, it doesn't exist!"

5/29/2008 12:00 AM
Anonymous said...

How many days difference between the Google location queries? If it were more than one I'm not surprised it would shift or disappear altogether.

It ought to disturb us that this good an image appears at "street" level at all.

5/29/2008 9:50 AM

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