Photographing the Streets

Ever wonder how the photos for technologies such as Google's Street View are taken? A company called Tele Atlas and their orange mini-van. Note: The article does not specifically mention Google's Street View and does specifically mention Tom Tom, but I am not familiar with the Tom Tom technology in question.

Street View in Google Maps

Wired discusses Google's "Street View" in Google Maps. I hadn't heard of this before, but I'm guessing it's new. You can see the street as if you were in a car on the street. I'm wondering how long until someone creates a game using "Street View".