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Google street view can provide alibis if necessary

Imagine if someone were to ask you where you were on a specific day over a year ago in the early afternoon. Let’s say, Valentines Day 2007. You might remember, but could you prove it in court? Google Street view might just be able to help you out- at least if you were at the corner of Montecito Avenue and Bay Place in Oakland, California in the early afternoon- walking your dog, perhaps…

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2 Responses to “Google street view can provide alibis if necessary”

  1. Google street view finds Jason Bourne « We Can Change The World Says:
    March 9, 2008 at 11:29 am

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  2. Some of my less read (but IMO deserving) posts « We Can Change The World Says:
    May 6, 2008 at 2:47 am

    [...] Google street view can provide alibis if necessary - using shadows, newspaper headlines and Google street view to establish when who was where. True, it’s fairly uncommon to be able to do so now, but I suspect that won’t always be the case. [...]

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