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Why this little-known Google ‘Street View’ function is making people emotional
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December 22, 2024
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1:15Now PlayingWhen you think of preserving memories, scrapbooks or photo albums might come to mind.
But what about Google Maps?
In a new, melancholy trend sweeping social media, Gen Z is using the “Street View” feature on Google Maps to view their childhood homes or the houses of their now-deceased grandparents, where photos snapped in years’ past show loved ones sitting on their porches or gardening in their front yards.
#googlemaps #streetview #technology
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