{"id":18381,"date":"2013-06-18T23:22:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T21:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18381"},"modified":"2013-06-18T23:22:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T21:22:40","slug":"the-ends-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/18\/the-ends-of-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"The ends of the road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ends of the road<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a nice idea with a good execution:<\/p>\n

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I spent some time recently in Google Maps, finding the edges of their Street View image coverage. I’ve always been drawn to the end of the road, to the edges of where one might be allowed to travel, whether blocked by geographic features, international borders, or simply the lack of any further road.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Via kottke<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

The ends of the road Here is a nice idea with a good execution: I spent some time recently in Google Maps, finding the edges of their Street View image coverage. I’ve always been drawn to the end of the road, to the edges of where one might be allowed to travel, whether blocked by … Continue reading The ends of the road<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,30],"tags":[27,2070,87,2460,334],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-18381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-photography","tag-driving","tag-google-maps","tag-maps","tag-roads","tag-world","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42680,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/05\/goodbye-waze-hello-google-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":18381,"position":0},"title":"Goodbye Waze, hello Google Maps","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I am a big fan of social apps, especially those that address a particular problem, usually outside of the generic social networks. 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