Google Maps Pinpoints Drug Ring

Thursday, 11 November 2010 | by Pat's Picks

“Gotcha” is the front-page headline in the New York Post this morning after police busted a Brooklyn heroin ring using an unusual tool—Google Maps.  Three of the seven men arrested recently showed up on a Google Maps photo plying their trade outside a corner bodega that police had been targeting for months.

I thought people wised up to the power of Google Street View after pictures of that guy picking his nose at a San Francisco bus stop made their rounds back in 2007. Guess not. Here‘s a list of 10 items of advice for Google Maps users.

And speaking of the nose-picker, I think I spotted him in this montage of the 100 best Google Street View images: