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As soon as Google Maps Street View was rolled out in Lithuania earlier this year, tax authorities were ready. Sitting in the comfort of their own offices, inspectors used the free Internet program for a virtual cruise around the streets of some of the Baltic country's big cities, uncovering dozens of alleged tax violations involving housing construction and property sales.

Smile if you’re in Central Park this week — you might be on Google’s candid cameras. Even with the controversy surrounding the search engine’s Street View feature, the company pushed forward with its plan to photograph every nook and cranny of the 843-acre park that its souped-up pedicab camera can reach.

At a pace of 90 hours and 104,619 clicks, it turns out driving across the country in real life is faster than making a coast-to-coast click trip on Google Street View.