Google Maps Street View Circa 1907

It turns out that Google wasn't the first to develop this technology. (And no, I'm not talking about Amazon.com's A9 or whatever it was called.) Way back in 1907, before conventional road atlases were made, Rand McNally released "Photo Auto-maps" which gave drivers a visual pathway for navigation, much like the Google Maps Street View of today.
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Aug 17th 2007 @ 11:40AM
Mapper99 said...
Very cool...Ber you find any of these pics in the 1907 version:
http://streetviewgallery.corank.com
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