Spider-Man Swings Into... Google Maps? Web Crawler Spotted on Street View
If you go to Google Maps' Street View, which offers panoramic 360-degree images taken of the area in real-life, you can find the friendly neighborhood spider at the nearby deli and grocery store. Google has also confirmed that Spider-Man’s appearance in Street View is no accident. Looks like he stopped by a few more locations in NYC... use your Spidey senses to figure out where else we saw him,” the company posted on Thursday.
- ▪If you go to Google Maps' Street View, which offers panoramic 360-degree images taken of the area in real-life, you can find the friendly neighborhood spider at the nearby deli and grocery store.
- ▪Google has also confirmed that Spider-Man’s appearance in Street View is no accident.
- ▪Looks like he stopped by a few more locations in NYC... use your Spidey senses to figure out where else we saw him,” the company posted on Thursday.
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Yes, it's a movie promotion, but Spider-Man has seemingly come to life in Google Maps.On Thursday, Google dropped a hint that the famous web crawler had swung into the mapping service, tweeting: “Our Street View sense is tingling, but let's not spoil the fun yet.”The tweet contains an image of a mysterious building that was later revealed to be in Long Island City, Queens. If you go to Google Maps' Street View, which offers panoramic 360-degree images taken of the area in real-life, you can find the friendly neighborhood spider at the nearby deli and grocery store.
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