on google, the map is the territory

Map-territory relations can be complicated.  But on google, pace Korzybski, the map might be the territory.  Or something like that.  Or perhaps the google camera even performs reality, you know, like an engine (did the google camera kill the deer?).  Tough to observe without affecting.

The Paris Review Daily has a post on the google camera and the grand map.  Here are some google street view shots captured by Jon Rafman.