These street views demonstrate how Google Street View can be adjusted and manipulated for purposes other than finding one's way.
For example, artist Hally Docherty has taken old photographs from famous locations around the world, and superimposed them onto present-day Google Street View images. The result is a side-by-side comparison of how much places have developed over the course of 20 years or so. Other adjustments to street views include the Google Street View Trekker, which is mapping nature trails from across the globe to accommodate nature-lovers. If that wasn't enough, people can even see what's happening at the poles through street view Antarctica.
Once again Google flexes its tech muscles, proving that adaptions on this popular piece of software inspire not only itself, but others too.
30 Google Street View Adaptions
From South Pole Street Views to Time-Elapsing Collages:
Jamie Danielle Munro — Mar 18, 2014 — Pop Culture
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Bizarre Google Street Views
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Comedic Satellite Photos
Hilariously Awkward Google Street View Images
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Google Street View
Take a Virtual Trip
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South Pole Street Views
Google Street View Antarctica Lets You See How Penguins Live
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Generational Split-Screen Photography
Audrey Cerdan Captures Paris in Different Centuries
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Automated Rural Roadmap Photography
Aaron Hobson Finds Beauty in Google Street View
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Apocalyptic Street View Images
Urban Jungle Street View Fills Google Maps with Endless Plants
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Global Trail Illuminating Cameras
The Google Street View Trekker Maps Out Foot Paths
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Interactive Virtual Televisions
Portals Transports Your Hand Into Google Street View
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Cinematic Google Maps
Tumblr User Tre Baker Turns Famous Film Scenes into Google Street Views
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Google Street View of Tour de France
Virtual Cycling Tours
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Car-Pinning Advergames
Volkswagen Street Quest Game Requires Fans to Pin Autos in South Africa
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Historical Painting Street Views
Reddit User Shystone Inserts Paintings into London's Streets
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World-Mapping Backpacks
The Google Street View Trekker Takes the Company's Maps to the Next Level
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Dystopic Plane Art
The Drones of New York Art Project Features Customized Drones
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Search Engine-Sourced Photography
Doug Rickard Photos Use Street View to Explore America
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Warped World Films
Chemin Vert by Giacomo Miceli is Fast-Paced
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Artistic Street Screenshots
'9 Eyes' Turns Random Street View Shots into Modern Art
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Crowdsourced GPS Maps
'Streetview Updating by Hertz' Places Google Cameras on Rental Cars
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Interactive Virtual Scavenger Hunts
Cern Computing Centre Added a Twist to Its Indoor Google Maps
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Google Street View Lawsuits
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360-Degree Video Cameras
The Sphericam by Jeffry Martin Captures Real-Time Panoramic Footage
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Very Detailed Street View City Tours
MapJack Leaves Google Lost
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Virtual Rescue Campaigns
Mercedes-Benz 'Escape the Map' Challenge Asks Viewers to Help Marie
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Time-Elapsing Collages
Classic Paintings Meet Google Street View
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Rural Roadmap Replicators
The DIY Streetview Kit Emulates Google's Panoramic Photography
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Country-Wide Interactive Online Exploration
Google Street View Released for U.S.
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Hyper-Virtual Roadtrips
The Google Street View Hyperlapse Software Lets Users Cruise Landscapes
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Exotic Italian Virtual Tours
Google Street View Whisks You Away On A Virtual Tour Venice-Stlye
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Street Mapped Skyscrapers
Google Recently Mapped Burj Khalifa in Dubai Using a Backpack Device
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Pinnable City Maps
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Graphic Cellphone Redesigns
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Eclectic Antique Shop Photography
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Ethereal Satellite Snaps
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Pint-Sized Power Cars
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Global Trail Illuminating Cameras
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Quirky Fashion Photoshoots
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Interactive Virtual Televisions
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Virtual Toilet Papering Pranks
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Cinematic Google Maps
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Phoneable Street Art
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Historical Painting Street Views
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Crowdsourced Car Crash Installations
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Casual Chatting Comic Series
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Augmented Reality Auto Showrooms
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Imitation-Busting Ads
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Colossal 3D TVs
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The New York City Touch & Go Kiosks Will Digitize Travel Information
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World-Mapping Backpacks
The Google Street View Trekker Takes the Company's Maps to the Next Level
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Warped World Films
Chemin Vert by Giacomo Miceli is Fast-Paced
Restored Renaissance Accommodations
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Tear-Jerking Reunion Ads
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Landscape-Protecting Photography
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Swiftly Constructed Skyscrapers
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Modernized Historical Castles
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Digital Cinema Cameras
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Voice-Activated TV Controllers
LG Magic Motion Remote Gets a Boost with Voice Technology
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Crowdsourced Memory Maps
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Panoramic National Park Videos
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TV-Manipulating Pens
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Abridged Eastern Travels
'Moments in China' is a Condensed Clip Traveling Around the East
3D-Mapped Exotic Locales
Google Maps Has Now Mapped Some of the Most Remote Mountains in the World
Cinematic Video Game Crossovers
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Exotic Italian Virtual Tours
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Little Landmark Replicas
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Street Mapped Skyscrapers
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