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Google Streetview Bug
I was just doing some reading up & testing on the Google Maps API, and zoomed in to streetview only to find myself in the middle of a lillypad or a dirty fishbowl or something:
Supposedly, this is Missoula, Montana – though I think the locals would disagree with me.
Here’s the embedded version, which right now looks the same:
Right now, if I use the UI to navigate out of it, I can re-enter the real world, but then I can’t go back to the “green fungus reality” unless I refresh the page.
Any ideas?
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