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February 19, 2005
A9 is Hiring 'Block View Drivers'
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A9, Amazon’s search service, is hiring ‘Block View Drivers.’ These are the folks that drive around major cities talking street-level pictures of businesses for A9’s Yellow Page service. Here’s a bit of the job description:
While on the job, you will drive a specially equipped vehicle with GPS, a digital camera, and computer hardware/software to collect geo-referenced imagery. The ideal candidate will have experience with all of these technologies, and will be confident in his or her ability to troubleshoot any hardware and software problems that may arise.
For a little background on how they took these pictures, check out this.
Google recently purchased Keyhole, so I am sure they have something cooking along the same lines. For a ‘preview’ of what might be coming, check out Microsoft’s TerraServer. I’ve noticed that they have updated some of the urban landscape photos recently. Here’s a shot of the Baja Fresh location in Palo Alto, CA. How about a Double-Double from In-n-Out? Some trick stuff is coming…
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