Published: August 27, 2025
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love these "what does the red arrow see" google maps transforms with nano-banana

Image in tweet by Simon
Image in tweet by Simon

"draw what the red arrow sees"

Image in tweet by Simon
Image in tweet by Simon

"draw the ground level view of the red arrow in SanFranciscoNewYork"

Image in tweet by Simon
Image in tweet by Simon

"Draw a DEM with contour lines" "draw the real world view from the red circle in the direction of the arrow"

Image in tweet by Simon
Image in tweet by Simon

@tokumin Is it generating that image or bringing it from maps data

@Takuiten generating it

@tokumin this first one is just plain wrong??

@tokumin This is impressive. Would've been so much cooler if @GeminiApp could use @googleearth and @googlemaps data and actually show views like StreetView rather than generate an image though :)

@tokumin Absolutely incredible! Can’t express enough how incredible nano banana is

@tokumin brb doing this with LOTR maps

@tokumin Intriguing. Do our navigation tools shape how we perceive the world, or vice versa?

@tokumin We have yet to see the true effects of scale

@tokumin Shipwrecks on a sandbar? Guessing?

@tokumin never knew about that military structure at Cavallo Point!

@tokumin how did you prompt it?

@tokumin yo thats the bridge from the movies

@tokumin Gemini does best on street view geoguessr eval for me so I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s part of training data

@tokumin not perfect (major landmarks in the wrong spot) but it's amazing how far image generation has come. I remember a few years ago when bridges were particularly hard bc the models wouldn't draw the suspender cables properly parallel

@tokumin 🍌

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@tokumin you people can't do anything

@tokumin That is crazy 😄

@tokumin Palace of fine art is in the wrong place and alcatraz is missing but still VERY impressive.

@tokumin that is really cool

@tokumin very interesting use case

@tokumin Wow this is something

@tokumin Golshit that's soo cool

@tokumin Yes, it's very impressive to get the computer to give you convincing yet objectively wrong answers to things. So useful!

@tokumin @Kipao5 cool stuff in here

@tokumin That's clearly the wrong angle tho

@tokumin It’s wrong though

@tokumin It is in a way wonderful that it works at all, but boy is it doing a rotten job.

@tokumin Crazy

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