4/9/2023 0 Comments Google maps ohio![]() ![]() We adopted our Boston terrier at the end of April that year. But in January 2016, we didn’t have a dog. I learn that in 2018, Google Japan began offering the street view from a dog’s perspective. “Most photography is done by car,” I read, “but some is done by trekker, tricycle, walking, boat, snowmobile and underwater apparatus.” A blurred life I’m trying to bring into focus. When I look at my house on Google Maps, I am looking at another life. ![]() People - other people, people like me - have questions for Google Maps: “How do I remove my home image?” “How do I update the picture of my house?” “How do I unblur my house?” I know the orange plastic tumbler is nestled inside it, a makeshift scoop. I can’t zoom in enough to see the yellow bag of sidewalk salt by the front door, but I know it’s there. The snow shovel is probably propped nearby, too. This is what passes as bike storage when you don’t have a garage. They bloom in the spring and are impossibly beautiful for a few days, and then the blossoms drop and make a mess of both our yards.Įven though it’s winter, my son’s tricycle is on the front porch. There is light snow on the ground, and my neighbor’s magnolia trees are bare. ![]() The blue recycling bins are at the curb, full, so I know it’s a Monday morning. No, it is daylight in the photo, so my husband is at work. I’m not sure what possessed me to Google our address a few weeks ago while on a writing residency in Tucson, far from my home in Ohio, but I did, and there it was: my house on Google Maps, my husband still inside. ![]()
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