Google's immersive new 360-degree photos have caught some amusing sights out on the streets of the UK.
The internet giant launched its much-anticipated Street View service in the UK yesterday, showing extensive 3D views of 25 UK cities, and millions of businesses and homes at street-level.
As well as everyday sights, the photos have also preserved some bizarre images, including the shark embedded in the roof of an Oxford house, a cheeky bystander outside King's Cross, London, and an ironic message caught on the wall in Paddington.
Street View can be accessed via Google Maps, by dragging the yellow icon on to any of the urban areas, from London in the south-east, to Swansea in the west, up to Aberdeen in the north.
Some have suggested that the level of detail the photographs offer could be used by thieves to plot burglaries, while others have complained about invasion of their privacy.
However, the Information Commissioner's Officer stated last summer that it was satisfied Google was using "adequate safeguards" such as blurring the faces of pedestrians and number plates caught in the pictures.
Defending the product, head of Google UK Matt Brittin said: "We have also talked to the Metropolitan police and they have said it actually helps track and monitor crime."
Even so, Jalopnik reports that one police officer didn't see eye to eye with the customised Google camera van after it was caught driving in the wrong lane while mapping the streets of Bradford.
