Originally Posted by Sebring Studios

Yesterday I typed in the address (in standard Google search) of an out of town friends house because I wanted directions to it when I go visit. The map comes up fine, but there's also a 'view site' button with a small thumbnail. I click on it, and there's a picture of the house!

So as an experiment I typed in the address of the house I grew up in and again, there's a picture of it. Then, I tried some addresses of houses I've owned and places I've lived and they all had close-up pictures, like they were shot from the middle of the street. Huh????

This goes far beyond Google Earth, that's obviously satellite images. These are clear pics that look like they were taken by a photographer, they couldn't be taken by a satellite, they look like exterior photos realtors take when they sell a house.

How the fuck do they do it? Physically photograph and catalog every single house in America???