It's finally (mostly) here --- Google Street View for Harrisonburg.  Now, you can drive around (many of) the streets of Harrisonburg using Google Maps, seeing a street level view of the City.  Here are a few sample shots of what you'll find...







It's really quite addictive to play around with --- you can spin around and look at a street from many different angles.  This is a fantastic tool for out of town buyers relocating to Harrisonburg.  It is, however, still a bit limited --- street level imagery only exists for the roads highlighted in blue below.



How does Google do it?  The send a car up and down street after street with a multi-directional camera mounted to the roof of the car.  Here's a picture of one of the Google Street View image collectors:



Click here to start exploring on Google Street View in Harrisonburg.