A day after its launch, Google's Street View has already uncovered a lying neighbour, sprung a cheating spouse and snapped a man sleeping on the job, as armchair explorers pick apart the invasive new mapping tool.

And while Google had vowed to instruct its camera-equipped cars not to drive down private roads and to blur faces and number plates, those promises were inadvertently broken.

Various unblurred images of faces and number plates have been removed from Street View following complaints from users.

Some private roads - including Tiki Road, Moonee Beach, The Mountain Way, Korora, and Beachfront Close, Sapphire Beach, all in Coffs Harbour - have also been removed from Street View, as have images taken inside Wesley College in Glen Waverley, Victoria.

extracted from Asher Moses - smh.com.au