Marriage Proposal in Street View!

August 5, 2008

Google decided to take some new Street View images at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. This time they must have let the employees know, as there are many Googlers lining the street. They must have given advance warning, because some people came prepared.
One Googler named Michael Weiss-Malik, a member of the Google Geo team that dos Google Maps/Earth, actually decided to make a wedding proposal in Street View. He put up a sign which you can see here:

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He also has a web site called MarryMeLeslie.com which describes why he did it, and why it’s called “2.0”. If you turn your view to the left or right, you can see the line of Googlers down the street. Move your view down the street to get a look at all the interesting things they decided to show. You can also view these with the Street View layer inside Google Earth for a more immersive experience.

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Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.

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mom says

August 5, 2008 at 10:05 am

do it! Love Mom
LiveCrunch says

August 5, 2008 at 10:21 am

Michael,
Michael if you are reading this, just want to wish you good luck!. Also want to say hello to my google pplz… you guys had great ideas. My sign was “keep going GV.”
Payam says

August 5, 2008 at 2:17 pm

ha ha 🙂 Very nice
Duncan says

August 5, 2008 at 3:01 pm

Obviously staged, but:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=37.421026,-122.087107&panoid=C9NbFZ6CLVASyimvHn0xlQ&t=h&ll=37.421514,-122.086987&spn=0.001276,0.002886&z=19&cbp=1,0,,0,5
Leslie says

August 6, 2008 at 2:56 pm

I do! I do! Oh yes yes baby! I DO!!
Anna says

August 7, 2008 at 9:41 am

Congratulations to both of you!!!
theFury says

August 9, 2008 at 4:10 pm

yeah, congrats to the both of you from an optimistic stranger
mens wedding bands says

March 18, 2009 at 11:29 am

It doesn’t say if she accepted… haha
matt says

September 25, 2009 at 3:38 pm

that’s too cool! i’m looking for interesting ways to propose myself! this is definitely creative 😉
lol!
Beth Adams - Save Marriage Lady says

September 6, 2010 at 10:10 am

It looks good, google is ruling the web, I really liked the 3d navigation.
Linda fro Survive Infidelity Info says

January 26, 2011 at 8:54 am

Great idea and I wish you both lots of luck
Palm Springs Used Cars says

January 26, 2011 at 9:15 pm

I think that’s taking web 2.0 a little bit too far. From the street view it’s apparent that Google has a very casual dress code; everyone is wearing jeans.
Interesting to note that some people had their faces blurred while others did not. Must be a blast to work in the Google offices.
I don’t the bride said yes btw because if she did he would have mentioned it on his website.
Car Rental Delhi says

August 22, 2013 at 6:24 am

Michael if you are reading this, just want to wish you good luck!. Also want to say hello to my google pplz… you guys had great ideas. My sign was “keep Posting new stuff like this
India Package Tours says

August 24, 2013 at 5:35 am

Great idea and I wish you both lots of luck

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