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Facet Mobile360 Van used for Windows Live Local Beta
The Facet Technology Mobile360 Van used for taking photos for Micrsoft’s Street-Side Technology Preview of Windows Live Local Beta has once again been spotted on the road but this time it wasn’t actually spotted in the Street-Site Imagery found at:
http://preview.local.live.com/
But instead by kimopupule a Flickr user who spotted this black (normally white) Windows Live Local Van while driving, he says his first words when seeing it were literally “wtf!?”.
If you or anybody else has seen this or any other Windows Live Local Van’s on the road please let me know where and when you saw it, and if possible please provide a photo, who knows you may just appear in one of the next Windows Live Local Previews!
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about 5 years ago
Honestly, I didn’t know how to react when I saw it. I found it sort of ironic because I was complaining about my iPod and then.. voiila, a Microsoft SUV!
I don’t know much about what the vans are used for.. can you shed some light on ‘em for me?
about 5 years ago
They are used for taking street side imagery or cities, in this case yours.
The imagery taken will be used for this site: http://preview.local.live.com/
Check it out you\’ll enjoy it!
about 4 years ago
Ijust saw the Tahoe for microsoft local live mobile360 here in Houston, cruising on Richmond St. I had asked my husband what it was, seeing as how it had all these cameras situated on top. I was like, “paparazzi, maybe?”. When we finally got close enough, we were able to read the lettering on the back doors and the side of the vehicle. It was a maroon suv, moving at maybe about 25-30mph, and we saw it around 1:40 or so in the afternoon today. Didn’t think of taking a picture of it though until it was too late. Ah well, at least maybe we can see ourselves or something.
about 4 years ago
Check your time posting. I just finished posting a message and it says that I posted at 9:55pm when it was actually 3:55pm. About a six-hour difference.
about 4 years ago
Hey,
Thanks for your comment about your Windows Live Local Van spotting – always happy to know more cities and towns are being photographed! As for the time difference it’s because I’m in the UK and wordpress my blog system publisher is set to GMT Time so all comments and posts will appear as the time it is in the UK. There’s no way to change it so from whether you post comments in the world it sets the different times. But it’s probably best like that because if all the times were different the order of the comments would possible alter….
Anyhow thanks for letting me know and hey thanks for checking out my blog!
Best Regards,
Darren Straight
Microsoft Student Partner
http://www.darrenstraight.com/blog
about 2 years ago
Hey, i don’t know if you’re still monitoring the truck, but i saw a post about it on a different blog and came across your blog looking for more information on it. Here’s the link:
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/breaking_ground/2009/06/camera-laden_suv_mapping_dc_streets.html
They seem to say it’s for an in car navigation device?
Pretty neat stuff either way as i’m checking out the technology at the preview site you linked to earlier