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Randomly Virtually Drive Around the World

SUMMARY: See the world without needing a passport with MapCrunch, a Google Maps Street View randomizer.

Hard economic times slashing your travel budget? Looking to explore the world without leaving your couch? If so, you may frequently use the Street View feature of Google Maps, virtually driving through cities and rural areas. But what if you're tired of "visiting" the same places and don't know where to look for something interesting?

Enter MapCrunch, a Google Maps Street View randomizer. With this website you can choose continents or countries and be whisked away to random locations. You can limit your locations to urban areas if the city life is the way to be, and a slideshow mode lets you jump between locations by waiting a few seconds or pressing the N key.


Virtually travel the world via MapCrunch



Want to browse locations instead of finding something randomly? No problem; the Gallery takes you to a selection of featured places such as the French countryside, a skyline in Hong Kong, a field of flowers in Switzerland, Stonehenge, ... and an establishment selling goods in Taiwan that you will probably not find (legally) in most of the United States.

* MapCrunch

Some of the content may not be appropriate for kiddies...

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