Google Maps Street View
- Help With Remodeling?
by Joanne Haug
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Remodeling a Victorian house or Craftsman style
cottage? Need inspiration for a restoration
project?
Now you can stroll through a virtual San
Francisco—the city of “painted ladies”— right
from your computer for a close-up and personal
view of San Francisco’s architectural gems with
the help of Google Maps and its new feature
called
“Street View.”
The street level
photographs are stitched together almost seamlessly; the
imagery is sharp and the quality is excellent, even at full
zoom. Google Maps Street View runs as a simple Flash pop-up
and like most Google apps, it’s easy to use. Google
explains how with a YouTube
video and detailed
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With Google Maps Street View you can wander
through
San Francisco
streets and neighborhoods via real images to pick that
perfect paint color for your Victorian home. Walk the
streets of Alamo Square or stroll up Pacific Avenue to find
the ideal combination of house paint and trim color. |
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What
style fretwork belongs on your period house? Zoom in
to explore the ornate carvings and decorative brackets that
decorate these magnificent structures. You can distinguish
minute architectural details right down to the trim around
the windows. Amazingly, even window treatments and
curtains are visible in most views (wave to the people
looking back at you). Make certain to use the “full
screen” and “zoom” features. |
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The best
place to start is Alamo Square; the location of that classic
photograph of the six marvelously restored Victorian houses
against the backdrop of the San Francisco skyline. We have
linked to a few addresses, so just click “Street View” and
enjoy! The address in the window changes as you “walk” down
the street, so if you find a house you like, just take note
of the address to visit again later.
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Now its time to put on your walking shoes and take a stroll! |
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Begin with Alamo
Square at
740 Steiner Street and travel north. Make sure to
utilize the pivot arrows
to navigate to a front view of the house.
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Next stroll over to
1080 Fulton Street and travel
east. Don't forget to zoom in on some of the marvelous
fretwork.
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After that, stop in at
776 Scott Street,
and then stroll north around the rest of
Alamo Square.
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Before you leave you should also visit
524 Haight Street, and then stop in at
2770 Pacific Ave and stroll east.
Be sure to use the pivot arrows to "visit" houses on both
sides of the street.
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How To
Cite This Article: |
"Google Maps Street View- Help With Remodeling?" by Joanne
Haug. Victoriana Magazine,
www.victorianamagazine.com. |
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