Google patent for virtual billboards in Streetview

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

http://bit.ly/9LIhAI  

The mind boggles ...

Here in Vancouver this has particular resonance.  VANOC has purchased *all* the 
available outdoor ad space in the city, in order to prevent "ambush" ads during the 
games.  (This has included some interesting situations: there are some billboards 
installed recently much to the consternation of the neighbours, leading to calls to 
boycott anything advertised on those boards.  VANOC has rented them, of course, 
and is advertising on them, and has had to make statements saying that the policy 
required that they buy them.)

So, if all the billboards in Vancouver are now available for overlay ads in 
Streetview ...

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