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I was playing around with Google Maps the other day and noticed that for my office building, in Street Views, Google is showing the office building number, in a water mark like style above the building.
Here is a picture:
Notice the "2" above the building, I point to it with an arrow above.
You can see it yourself by clicking here.
I am not sure if this is new, but it is useful to know that this building is indeed 2 on that block.
Forum discussion at Google Maps Help.
Comments:
David
10/13/2009 12:24 pm
I could be wrong but i just did a test and noticed a similar figure over my neighbors house. It is actually a watermark of when the image was taken "2008"
Barry Schwartz
10/13/2009 01:06 pm
Hmm, that can be.
Gareth
10/13/2009 01:08 pm
I also just tested some addresses, because I remember seeing a watermark a few days ago on Maps. I didn't see watermarks on any except one, which read "2007 Google".
No Name
10/13/2009 01:27 pm
Theyre is clearly a (C) symbol before the 2 and and half zero after it. Looks like a bad retouched (C)2008, not your house number :-)
'Big' Bill Kruse
10/14/2009 08:41 am
Unless you've copyrighted it, of course! BB