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No street view in my town yet, but it has been helpful to me a few times when I haven't known where I am going so that I can recognize the buildings when i get there.
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They're all out to get me!
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That is so crazy. But the pictures look at least several months old. Are these from satellites?? Ok, I am a little creeped out, that means they can probably see through walls by now, so much for privacy.
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your street has to be outlined in blue for it to work.
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Hey why is my best friends truck parked in my driveway while I'm at work?
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I wish it was a satellite. It's a VAN!. It drives around filming everywhere it goes. There is a lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh couple whose home was pictured right up to their garage door. The problem is that their house is on a private road way off the public street, so the van had to trespass to get the pic.
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+1 WTF, just kidding. I think the gated community thing is working. For now...
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Cheney got his house blurred out - call 'em up and ask for the same thing.
The most interesting one is the Big Dig in Boston. Aerial pics do not match street view... try it out! |
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I had a boss that not only googled my home, but checked out the value.
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The satellite view over my village is so distant you can´t even make out the separate buildings. Not creepy at all..
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I think street view is great! I'm moving to Texas and planning for a house hunting trip there next week. There are a lot of houses for sale, and what better way to scope out neighborhoods than this? I've already ruled out a couple of houses because the streets were too busy or somebody next door has a bass boat parked out front. My trip next week will be a lot more productive because now I know where to go check out when I get there.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/04/america/NA-PA-Google-Photo-Lawsuit.php
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If you look at NY City, it appears they started 'street mapping' NJ -- got a few miles down the NJ Turnpike, (based on the blue-outline maps) and then, all of a sudden, the line stops. Probably where they met up with some kind folks in the cement industry, if ya know what I mean... ![]() ![]() Scary - and I can't help but feel that there is some invasion of privacy issues afoot here. -Z-man.
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It's not paranoia when everybody really is out to get you!
It is pretty amazing. My son is in an internship/study program in center city Philadelphia for 4 months. Back in January we were able to use Street Level View to see his apartment & neighborhood before we had a chance to visit. Pretty cool. We could even take a "walk" down the street. I do agree it is scary, though. Makes me think of the Gene Hackman/Will Smith movie -- I think it is called Enemy of the State.
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I was wondering what kind of vehicle they were using to take the photos. A lot of the camera angles/heights are pretty tall, meaning they'd need an omnidirectional camera array on a big pole sticking out the top of a van or truck probably. Not the most inconspicuous thing. I spent a lot of time last night looking at "street view" shots of where I used to live in Chicago - lots of pedestrians on the sidewalks, etc. but NONE of them seemed to be staring at the camera with a "WTF is that" look on their faces. So the camera thing has to be at least somewhat incognito or inconspicuous. Don't know how they're accomplishing it.
A crazy "Back to the Future" kind of vehicle would get a little more attention from the other drivers/pedestrians, I'd think - people staring, pointing, etc. If they drove big trucks with "Google Earth Mapping Project" on the side or whatever, there'd probably be a lot of "exhibitionism" too. Maybe that'd be an interesting social experiment to try - wonder how many titty flashes and moons you'd get. . . Anyway, just thought it was odd. Wonder how they're pulling it off in broad daylight, in urban areas - without getting so much as a second look apparently. I also noticed that their database was off a little bit address-wise for my old residence in grad school. ![]()
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Wow, how the F is nobody caught on camera looking at that thing pointing or leering or making gestures?
If I saw something like that driving down the street, I'd at least be like "what the hell?"
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Looks like they got my neighborhood also.
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