drawing from google maps, 2

Last month I posted about a guy who does paintings from scenes in Google Maps. I sent off several notes asking about permission to make derivative work, received a very nice note from the artist, Bill Guffey, and just got a note back from those rascals at Google. I asked them if I could make pictures from Google Map street view, too; and they said:

Hi David,

Yes, you can!

In fact Bill Guffey is running a monthly virtual paintout competition you can join :) http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/

We appreciate your interest in Google, and thank you for taking the time to write.

Regards,
The Google Team

Thanks, Google Team. So everybody: crack open a browser and get painting.